Wounded by bullets by the police in Stains: opening of a judicial investigation

A judicial investigation was opened for "

" in Stains (Seine-Saint-Denis), where two police officers had fired on a vehicle, seriously injuring two people, AFP learned Thursday August 26 at the prosecution.

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The opening Tuesday of a judicial information on the facts which occurred in the night of August 15 to 16 will allow to carry out other hearings and expertises under the aegis of an examining magistrate, specified the public prosecutor's office of Bobigny.

A complaint for attempted intentional homicide

The two police officers targeted, aged 27 and 30, belong to the anti-crime brigade (BAC) of Stains.

A time placed in custody for "

" and heard by the IGPN (General Inspectorate of the National Police) last week, they were released.

The night of the facts, around 1:30 am, they opened their fire on a vehicle in an attempt to stop it, after a refusal to comply, according to a source close to the investigation questioned by AFP.

A video from the media "

", widely shared on social networks, shows them firing eight times in the direction of the car.

The driver, 37, received several bullets in the thorax, arm and pubis, while his companion and passenger, 39, was injured in the back, according to the prosecution.

The police were also injured, more lightly.

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Saturday a rally gathered about 150 people in Stains, mainly relatives of the driver, convinced that he was the victim of an "

" by the BAC.

The family lawyer, Me Yassine Bouzrou, said he had filed a complaint for "

" and "

", as well as a request for a change of scenery.

The driver and his passenger, domiciled in the neighboring department of Val-d'Oise, are also targeted by an investigation for "

" and "

", carried out by the judicial police of Seine-Saint-Denis.