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Caen: IGPN seized on the case of a child of 7 years "probably" injured by a LBD shot

2020-07-09T18:49:53.286Z


On June 29, when police vehicles were surrounded and targeted by fireworks, the child approached and was allegedly


The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) is investigating a "slight" injury to a seven-year-old child, "probably" due to the rebound of a defense bullet fired by a police officer on June 29 in Caen.

"This object, in the shape of a tennis ball but of a slightly smaller size, would be compatible with the hematoma observed on the child's thigh, and a shot was taken when the vehicles police were surrounded and targeted by fireworks, "said the prosecutor of the Republic of Caen, Amélie Cladière, in a statement.

The child, who was playing nearby, had "approached to see the fireworks with a friend his age", according to the magistrate. The child's mother filed a complaint. The IGPN is seized "in order to know precisely the circumstances of the use of this defense equipment and to be able to give complete information to the family" of the child.

"Fireworks rockets"

According to Amélie Cladière, on June 29 at around 5:45 p.m. the national police intervened in a district of this popular suburb of Caen following "high-powered fireworks rockets by a group of around thirty people". A rocket had hit the window of the driver of a police vehicle and one of the passengers in the vehicle had then fired an "LBD" (defense bullet launcher). At the same time, another vehicle, "a target for rocket fire a few meters away", had been "cleared by the reinforcement of the police forces".

Later in the evening of the 29th, at around 11 p.m., police vehicles had again been the target of fireworks rockets while the police intervened following the constitution in the same place of a roadblock. garbage containers in the middle of the road.

An LBD was then used again, "this time several times, in order to repel the perpetrators." A 17-year-old minor was charged following this intervention. "It seems that no one was reached during the episodes of the night," said the prosecutor.

Source: leparis

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