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Location of the incident in Paris (on Sunday)
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The deadly incident on French election night continues to occupy the authorities.
After a police officer shot a car in Paris, investigations into manslaughter against the officer are underway.
The 24-year-old shot his assault rifle at a car in central Paris on Sunday night, which suddenly drove in the direction of a police patrol.
The driver and a passenger were killed, and a third occupant of the car was injured.
The shots were not a case of legitimate self-defense, so the driver killed is charged with manslaughter, the passenger with manslaughter and the second passenger with assault, according to legal sources on Wednesday.
The police officer is not allowed to carry out his duties or carry weapons until further notice.
He was initially taken into custody at the beginning of the week.
The special unit for checking the actions of the officials (IGPN) was called in.
According to the police report, a five-man police patrol wanted to check the car, which was parked on the wrong side of the street and had its hazard lights on, when it suddenly drove off in the direction of the patrol.
One of the officers jumped to the side to get to safety, and the 24-year-old fired several shots at the car.
no connection to the election
The driver and passenger died at the scene.
According to information from judicial circles, they were known to the police for drug offenses.
The incident happened just hours after President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected.
The authorities quickly ruled out a connection.
According to the preliminary result, Macron was re-elected with 58.55 percent of the votes.
However, he received significantly fewer votes than in the presidential election five years ago (66.1 percent).
His right-wing challenger, Marine Le Pen, received 41.45 percent of the votes, according to the Interior Ministry in Paris, after counting the votes of all voters registered for the election.
Voter turnout was 72.4 percent.
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