In the aftermath of the urban violence that occurred in Bron to Lyon, Saturday evening, three days after the scooter accident of a 13-year-old teenager in La Duchère.

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ROMAIN DOUCELIN / SIPA

  • Last Wednesday, a 13-year-old schoolboy was seriously injured in a scooter accident at La Duchère, in Lyon.

  • The police were quickly blamed in this fall by residents of the neighborhood and urban violence broke out in La Duchère, then in other towns in the metropolis.

  • To shed light on this accident, the Lyon prosecutor's office had seized the police police last week and today announces the opening of a judicial investigation.

Did the boy who was riding without a helmet lose control of his vehicle on his own or did the police play a role in his fall?

A week after the serious scooter accident in which a 13-year-old teenager was injured on March 3 at La Duchère (9th), the Lyon public prosecutor's office has just announced the opening of a judicial investigation to shed light on this case.

This procedure, intended to allow the continuation of "the investigations in a contradictory manner" was opened of the counts of "involuntary injuries having resulted in an ITT of more than three months aggravated by a hit-and-run and non-assistance to a person in danger", learns

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from the public prosecutor of Lyon Nicolas Jacquet.

IGPN entered

On March 5, the latter had seized the IGPN, the police of the police, of an investigation "in search of the causes of the injuries" of the minor of 13 years which occurred following the accident of scooter, in a "concern of transparency and impartiality ”.

An investigation intended to clarify the circumstances of the fall of the college student, in which the police are accused by residents of being involved.

Some young people from La Duchère claimed shortly after the fact that the teenager on a scooter was being chased by an unmarked police car.

A version formally denied by the Rhône prefecture last week.

The first investigations carried out by the IGPN "made it possible to collect testimonies which prove to be contradictory," said the prosecution on Wednesday.

Some mention the involvement of a vehicle in the occurrence of the accident, others mentioning a fall not resulting from the intervention of a third vehicle ”.

It is these contradictory versions and the need to continue the investigation that led the public prosecutor to open a judicial investigation.

Tensions in Saint-Fons

The day after the accident, clashes took place Thursday evening at La Duchère, then the next day in Rillieux-la-Pape and Saturday evening in Bron.

To stem this urban violence, which has given rise to several arrests and convictions, the police have received human reinforcements.

After two calm nights in the metropolis, a police crew who intervened on a garbage fire was the target of projectile throws in one of the districts of Saint-Fons on Tuesday evening, reports

Le Progrès.

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