A man suspected of having thrown a truck against the police during urban violence in Blois, on the night of March 16 to 17, was indicted for attempted aggravated murder, the prosecutor announced on Wednesday. from Blois.
The 21-year-old man, also charged with aggravated theft, has been remanded in custody.
He risks life imprisonment.
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This boy is, at this stage of the procedure, considered to be the driver of the truck from which he got out and jumped while the said truck was launched towards the police.
Precise testimonies, technical investigations and DNA analyzes make the participation of this young man in these criminal acts objective
”, indicated the public prosecutor of Blois, Frédéric Chevallier.
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Placed in police custody and heard several times in the presence of his lawyer, he declared that these facts did not concern him, that he did not remember anything but that he knew that he had done nothing
" , added the magistrate, specifying that the suspect was known to justice.
Another man, aged 19, has been indicted for aggravated theft in assembly.
Its involvement "
is limited, as it stands, to aggravated thefts of the truck and part of its merchandise
", according to the prosecution.
Tuesday March 16, an accident between three young occupants of a Golf who drove without a seatbelt and at high speed in Blois, refusing to stop at the request of the police, and two vehicles, had resulted in a night of violent riots.
The accident left two seriously injured among the three occupants of the Golf, an 18-year-old man and a 15-year-old minor.
The latter died two days later from his injuries.
During the violence that followed the accident, a delivery truck was stolen and then thrown against the police, without causing any injuries.
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As the driver got out of his vehicle, three people got into the truck and left with it.
A few moments later, this truck was traveling at high speed (...) in the direction of the police and gendarmes (...).
Its driver got out of it in full swing and the truck arrived at the police.
Three policemen were shooting at the vehicle in an attempt to stop it.
The latter ended his race in a plant hedge,
”he summed up.
