A French police officer is under investigation for murder after he shot and killed a 17-year-old on the outskirts of Nanterre in Paris on Tuesday morning after he disobeyed an order to stop his car, local prosecutors said. , according to Reuters.
A police officer shot the boy, who eventually died from his injuries, Nanterre prosecutors said. According to him, the driver was “known to judicial services for having previously refused to obey a traffic stop order.”
In a video posted on social media, two police officers are seen standing next to a Mercedes AMG vehicle, one of them fired as the driver pulled away.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter that the Inspector General of the National Police is conducting an investigation “to find out the circumstances of this tragedy.”
The young man’s death has sparked a series of riots over the past few hours on the outskirts of Paris, leading to security forces detaining 24 people.
Paris police chief Laurent Nunez explained to CNews this Wednesday that demonstrators set fire to 42 vehicles, in addition to construction equipment, and insisted that 350 police deployed overnight to stop shoplifting and other buildings from being stolen. .
“The device will work for as long as necessary,” Nunes said of maintaining the police apparatus in the coming days, adding that 24 members of the security forces were injured in the clashes.
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