Aboubakar A.
French cop charged with manslaughter after shooting sparks riots
The officer had initially claimed he acted in self-defence while trying to arrest the 22-year-old in the city of Nantes on Tuesday, but later said he had fired is weapon by accident while being questioned in custody.
The policeman, who has been granted conditional release, told investigators from the IGPN police oversight body that "it was an accidental shot" that killed the man, identified as Aboubakar, who was under surveillance for suspected drug trafficking.
He died from a single bullet wound to the neck on Tuesday evening after police stopped him in his car in the Breil neighbourhood of Nantes, which is home to a large public housing estate with a history of gang violence.
Rewritten from information published in the Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) on July 7, 2018.
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French cop charged with manslaughter after shooting sparks riots
The officer had initially claimed he acted in self-defence while trying to arrest the 22-year-old in the city of Nantes on Tuesday, but later said he had fired is weapon by accident while being questioned in custody.
The policeman, who has been granted conditional release, told investigators from the IGPN police oversight body that "it was an accidental shot" that killed the man, identified as Aboubakar, who was under surveillance for suspected drug trafficking.
He died from a single bullet wound to the neck on Tuesday evening after police stopped him in his car in the Breil neighbourhood of Nantes, which is home to a large public housing estate with a history of gang violence.
Rewritten from information published in the Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) on July 7, 2018.
Please credit and share this article with others using this link:https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1499230/french-cop-charged-with-manslaughter-after-shooting-sparks-riots. View our policies at http://goo.gl/9HgTd and http://goo.gl/ou6Ip. © Bangkok Post PCL. All rights reserved.
Aboubakar A.
French cop charged with manslaughter after shooting sparks riots
The officer had initially claimed he acted in self-defence while trying to arrest the 22-year-old in the city of Nantes on Tuesday, but later said he had fired is weapon by accident while being questioned in custody.
The policeman, who has been granted conditional release, told investigators from the IGPN police oversight body that "it was an accidental shot" that killed the man, identified as Aboubakar, who was under surveillance for suspected drug trafficking.
He died from a single bullet wound to the neck on Tuesday evening after police stopped him in his car in the Breil neighbourhood of Nantes, which is home to a large public housing estate with a history of gang violence.
Rewritten from information published in the Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) on July 7, 2018.
Please credit and share this article with others using this link:https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1499230/french-cop-charged-with-manslaughter-after-shooting-sparks-riots. View our policies at http://goo.gl/9HgTd and http://goo.gl/ou6Ip. © Bangkok Post PCL. All rights reserved.
French cop charged with manslaughter after shooting sparks riots
The officer had initially claimed he acted in self-defence while trying to arrest the 22-year-old in the city of Nantes on Tuesday, but later said he had fired is weapon by accident while being questioned in custody.
The policeman, who has been granted conditional release, told investigators from the IGPN police oversight body that "it was an accidental shot" that killed the man, identified as Aboubakar, who was under surveillance for suspected drug trafficking.
He died from a single bullet wound to the neck on Tuesday evening after police stopped him in his car in the Breil neighbourhood of Nantes, which is home to a large public housing estate with a history of gang violence.
Rewritten from information published in the Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) on July 7, 2018.
Please credit and share this article with others using this link:https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1499230/french-cop-charged-with-manslaughter-after-shooting-sparks-riots. View our policies at http://goo.gl/9HgTd and http://goo.gl/ou6Ip. © Bangkok Post PCL. All rights reserved.
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