Five municipal police officers in police custody in Nice, an ongoing investigation

Five municipal police officers from Nice were arrested and placed in police custody on Monday evening,

the public prosecutor of Nice told

.

“An investigation is underway for aggravated violence and kidnapping and has been entrusted to the departmental security”, specifies Xavier Bonhomme.

They are suspected of having kidnapped a 21-year-old from the Old Nice district, where he was arrested for tagging their vehicle, to the Vinaigrier park.

According to the elements of the local daily, it was other municipal police officers who arrested the young man before bringing him back to the vandalized car.

CCTV footage confirms he was indeed changed to a vehicle and taken east of town.

According to the victim's testimony, the police officers then punched him hard in the face.

Agents suspended "as a precaution" at the request of Christian Estrosi

The mayor of Nice "immediately asked the director general of services to suspend these agents as a precaution", he communicated to

.

Christian Estrosi said that if the facts "were confirmed, all procedures would be initiated to obtain the dismissal of those who committed them and the city would file a civil action".

The elected official added that he would not let the “image” of his municipal police be “tarnished by unspeakable individual behavior and for which sanctions without weakness will be taken according to the elements of the investigation.

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