the policeman finally claims to have shot "by accident"

The police officer responsible for the shooting caused the death of a young man Tuesday in the Breil neighborhood in Nantes lied. He now claims to have fired "by accident" indicates his lawyer, Friday, July 6. "He admitted to having made a statement that did not conform to the truth, told AFP his lawyer Laurent-Franck Lienard. We are waiting for his dismissal.Normally it must be deferred in the afternoon". The previous day, he had been placed in police custody by the IGPN for intentional violence by a person in charge of the public authority who caused the death without intention of giving it.

Under a mandate of "stop for" organized robbery, concealment and criminal conspiracy ", the young driver tried to escape by performing a reverse, according to the public prosecutor of Nantes. A policeman fired once, hitting him on the neck. According to sources close to the investigation, the driver allegedly attempted "to abscond by retreating on a police officer", which the prosecutor did not confirm by refusing to answer the question. any question.