- A young man was killed by a police officer during a chase on Friday evening in Marseille.
- He was suspected of robbery by the anti-crime brigade.
- The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) was seized by the public prosecutor.
A young man in his twenties was killed Friday evening during a chase with the police, on the outskirts of the city of Marronniers, in the 14th arrondissement of Marseille, we learned from concordant sources , confirming information from La Provence .
The firefighters could not resuscitate the young Mehdi, who was on their arrival in cardiopulmonary arrest after being hit by the fire of a police officer from the anti-crime brigade.
Collective denounces "police murder"
A crew from the anti-crime brigade (Bac) had chased this young man and at least two other people after the robbery of a Lidl store located in the 4th arrondissement of Marseille.
"We are told about a robber, we are talking about a little brother in the neighborhood to whom life has not made a gift", writes on Facebook the Collective of the inhabitants of the White House, the city of where was originally from young Mehdi. This collective denounces a "murder committed by the police. Still according to this group, the witnesses to the scene affirm "that he [Mehdi] did not raise the gun on [the police officers] and that they shot him and hit him on the ground, despite [ his] injuries, with phrases like "we got you." "
IGPN seized by the prosecutor
The Marseille prefecture of police indicates on the contrary that the young man "pointed the police officers using a shotgun". One of the police then decided to "fire twice", hitting the young man's legs and abdomen.
The new Marseille prosecutor Dominique Laurens announces that a judicial investigation "into the conditions of use of arms" has been entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police. An investigation into armed robbery by an organized gang and attempted homicide on a person holding public authority was entrusted to the agents of the judicial police of Marseille.
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