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Police officers attacked in Lyon: the second suspect placed in pre-trial detention

2022-08-04T14:54:22.599Z


The second suspect, suspected of having participated in the attack on three plainclothes police officers on July 20 in the Guillotière district of Lyon,...


The second suspect, suspected of having participated in the attack on three plainclothes police officers on July 20 in the Guillotière district of Lyon, has been remanded in custody, the Lyon prosecutor's office announced to AFP on Wednesday August 4. .

Despite "

a delay to prepare his defense in the context of the debate relating to his pre-trial detention required by the prosecution and the investigating judge

", "

the judge of freedoms and detention has just confirmed the placement in pre-trial detention of the second assailant arrested

, ”detailed the prosecution.

This 26-year-old suspect was indicted on Monday for aggravated willful violence against a police officer.

On July 26, a first suspect, also aged 26, had already been indicted, on the same count, and placed in pre-trial detention.

In an irregular situation, without a criminal record, he “

did not dispute the facts

” and “

apologized

”, then told AFP Me Laurent Bohé, lawyer for the victims.

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Two police officers were injured on the evening of July 20 while trying with a colleague to arrest a person suspected of theft, in the middle of a crowd who violently attacked them.

On a video posted on social networks, we can see three plainclothes police officers, two men and a woman, being beaten and thrown by projectiles in front of the entrance to a convenience store in the sensitive Guillotière district.

A first suspect had first been arrested and then exonerated.

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin reacted on Twitter after the arrest of this first suspect, also a foreigner, indicating that he would be expelled.

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On July 29, in the same neighborhood, a 33-year-old alcoholic man hit and dragged a police officer on a scooter during a check.

He was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison and imprisoned.

During the night of Wednesday to Thursday, a man riding a scooter on the Guillotière bridge stabbed a pedestrian in the abdomen he had just jostled, according to a police source.

Security at the Guillotière is a subject of controversy, in particular concerning the reinforcement of the municipal police and the installation of video protection cameras, between the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, who was visiting Lyon on Saturday, and the mayor Grégory Doucet , who had shunned this trip.

The Beauvau tenant intends to return to Lyon on September 5 to "

take stock of the evolution of the situation

".

The city councilor has agreed for his part to hold "

a working meeting

" during which he will present "

our entire action plan

" to him.

Source: lefigaro

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