2023-06-29 16:04:40
The public prosecutor of Nanterre announced Thursday morning the opening of a judicial investigation.
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Posted on 06/29/2023 18:04 Updated on 06/29/2023 18:15
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A banner “justice for Nahel”, during the white march in tribute to the teenager killed by a police officer, in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), June 29, 2023. (BERTRAND GUAY / AFP)
The police officer implicated in the death of Nahel, a teenager killed Tuesday during a roadside check, was indicted for intentional homicide and remanded in custody on Thursday, June 29, the prosecution announced. The 38-year-old official was transferred to the prison of Health, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, and placed in solitary confinement.
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A little earlier, the public prosecutor of Nanterre had announced the opening of a judicial investigation. “In the state of the investigations, the prosecution considers that the legal conditions for the use of the weapon are not met”he said at a press conference this morning.
During the hearings, the policeman who fired the shot “explained his action by the desire to avoid a further escape from the vehicle, by the dangerousness of the driver’s road behavior, inducing in the police officer the fear that someone would be knocked down, the fear of being hit by the vehicle during its restarting or seeing his injured colleague, added the prosecutor. The two police officers said they felt threatened when they saw the driver restart.
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