A 16-year-old young man, suspected of being the author of the firework mortar fire that burned a police officer in Bonneuil-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne) on July 25, was indicted and imprisoned on Tuesday August 3, said the Créteil prosecutor's office requested by AFP.
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Already known to the police for a fireworks mortar fire, he is the second in this case to be prosecuted for "
attempted murder of a person holding public authority in an organized gang
", after a young person also aged 16 years.
He was placed under a provisional deposit warrant pending a deferred debate before a judge of freedoms and detention scheduled for Friday, said the prosecution.
On July 25, in Bonneuil-sur-Marne, a town of nearly 16,000 inhabitants about fifteen kilometers south of Paris, three police officers on patrol from the Créteil anti-crime squad were targeted by young people who targeted them with mortars. 'artifice.
The investigation opened for "
attempted murder of a person holding public authority, complicity in this attempt, aggravated violence, death threats and recording and dissemination of violent images
" was entrusted to the departmental security.
Five minors aged 14 to 16 were taken into police custody and then released last week.
Investigations are continuing to identify other "
active
"
participants
out of a total of "
forty young people
" gathered at the time of the events.
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One of the police officers, 37 years old and a member of the BAC of Créteil, was burned to the second degree in the lower back, without his vital prognosis being engaged. He was given 15 days of ITT (total incapacity for work). His two colleagues were also injured in the eardrums and were recognized for 10 and 15 days of ITT, according to the Créteil prosecutor's office, which specified that they "
had hearing loss
". Coming to support the police at the Créteil police station the day after the attack, the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin denounced a "
real assassination attempt
".