The French police officer accused of murder has spoken out, and according to his lawyer, he fired his gun "in accordance with the law".
On Tuesday, a 17-year-old boy was shot dead by a French police officer conducting a traffic control in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. The police officer who took the young man's life was placed in pre-trial detention after questioning him, because according to the prosecutor's office, the use of a weapon was not justified when the boy driving a car in the bus lane was given a license. According to police sources, 6,200 people took part in the march in memory of the murdered boy in Nanterre on Thursday afternoon.
The peaceful demonstration turned into chaos in the early evening hours,
after some of the marchers began to riot, erecting barricades, setting off pyrotechnic devices, then wrapping and setting cars on fire, while the police dispersed the crowd with tear gas.
The policeman felt his life was in danger
French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne said she understood the outpouring of emotion following the teenager's death, but condemned the riots.
Nothing justifies the violence that happened"
- He told. The lawyer of the murdered Nahel, Yassine Bouzrou, said on the BBC World Service Newshour: "We have a system of law and justice that protects the police and that creates a culture of impunity in France." the BBC, Nahel's mother has also spoken to the media about her child's death, she said that she does not usually blame the police or the system for the murder,
only the police officer who fired the fatal shot that killed his son.
The police officer accused of the murder also spoke about the incident, according to his claim that he shot because he felt that his life was in danger. His lawyer told French radio station RTL that his client fired his gun "according to the law".
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