A 16-year-old, suspected of having participated on Sunday in the violent attack on the police in Bonneuil-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne) with fireworks mortars, was to be presented to a judge on Tuesday evening in sight of his possible indictment on Wednesday, July 28, said the Créteil prosecutor's office.
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Five other young people aged between 14 and 16, who had also been taken into police custody, were released.
"
We have not gathered at this stage serious and consistent evidence against them,
" said the prosecution, requested by AFP.
"
Investigations are continuing to identify all the participants,
" added the prosecution, specifying that they do not yet know the number of "
active participants
" out of a total of "
forty young people
" gathered at the time of the facts.
In the wake of the violence on Sunday, an investigation, entrusted to the Departmental Security, was opened for
"attempted murder on a person holding public authority, complicity in this attempt, aggravated violence, death threats and recording and broadcasting violent images ”.
"This reflex saved my life"
On Sunday, three police officers on patrol from the Créteil anti-crime brigade (BAC) were attacked by young people who targeted them with fireworks, in Bonneuil-sur-Marne, a town of nearly 16,000 inhabitants located about fifteen kilometers south-east of Paris.
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One of the police officers, aged 37, was burned in the second degree in the lower back by a fireworks mortar, without being life threatening.
He was given 15 days of ITT.
“
If the mortar had hit my back directly, my column would have exploded.
If I hadn't thrown to the side, my face and jaw would go.
This reflex saved my life
", testified this policeman in an interview with the
Parisian
, indicating to suffer from"
a wound of 38 cm long and 13 high
".
His two colleagues were also injured in the eardrums, according to the prosecution which specified that they "
presented hearing loss
".
15 and 10 days of ITT were issued to them.
Coming to support the police at the Créteil police station, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin denounced a "real assassination attempt". "
We came close to the tragedy in Bonneuil,
" he assured Monday evening in front of the cameras, praising the "
courage
" of the police officers of the department. “
Their courage on Sunday shows that there is no lost quarter of the Republic and that the police are everywhere,
” he said.
