In Seine-Saint-Denis, six policemen were placed in custody on Tuesday at the premises of the IGPN. They are accused of being involved in the violent arrest of a young man.

Six policemen from Seine-Saint-Denis were placed in police custody on Tuesday at the premises of the IGPN, accused of being involved in the violent arrest of a young man at the beginning of August in Saint-Ouen, the police said. AFP with the parquet of Bobigny. The six officials are also suspected of "forgery of public writing" and theft, said the same source.

Police officers suspected in the case are targeted by a second investigation

On images, captured by video surveillance and an amateur video, widely relayed on social networks, we saw a police officer of the security and intervention company of Seine-Saint-Denis (CSI), in civilian clothes, face of a young man. The latter, aged 20, was prescribed three days of ITT (total incapacity for work) and filed a complaint.

The prosecutor's office in Bobigny had seized the IGPN, the General Inspectorate of the National Police, an investigation for violence per person depositary of public authority. Some of the police officers suspected in this case are also targeted by a second investigation, for events that took place the same day, also in Saint-Ouen.