The third passenger in the car driven by Nahel surrendered to police at the time of death.

Official sources said on Monday that a third passenger in the car driven by the young Nahel was shot dead by police in the French city of Nanterre on June 27 and went missing, surrendered to police.

Police and public prosecutor sources in Nanterre, on the outskirts of Paris, have confirmed that the 17-year-old, who has testified to various media in recent days about what he has seen and heard, will have to testify to Inspectorate investigators. The General of the National Police (IGPN) gave his version of events.

Justice opened an investigation into intentional manslaughter, in which the policeman who fired the shot that killed Nahel as he tried to escape from a police checkpoint was charged and put on remand on the 29th.

The testimony of this third tenant, as well as the second who was arrested immediately after, will be compared with the testimony of two policemen.

Before introducing himself, the young man, who, like Nael, turned out to be on the run from a French police “stop operation,” told the press that they were traveling in a rented car when two policemen on motorcycles began to pursue them.

When the car had to stop in a traffic jam, one of the agents demanded that the driver, who did not have a driver’s license, roll down the window and turn off the engine.

According to a third occupant of the car, the policeman threatened to shoot if the driver did not do so and hit him with a pistol, whereupon Nahel unwittingly took his foot off the brake, causing the (automatic) car to stall. start off.

According to the testimony, it was then that the policeman fired.

Police prefect Laurent Nunez denied this testimony, saying that Nahel first turned off the engine, but then started it again in an attempt to escape, and it was under such circumstances that the fatal shot was fired.

The now-arrested officer initially claimed he fired because the getaway car threatened his safety and that of his colleague.

However, footage recorded by an eyewitness casts doubt on this version.

Over the past six nights, the riots sparked by the Nanterre incident have led to the arrest of more than 3,200 people across France, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Monday during a visit to the city of Reims.

Speaking to the media, Darmanin highlighted the “determination” with which the riot control measures are being taken, stressing that they are “unprecedented” and that the French security forces’ response “is a show of republican strength.”