An investigation was entrusted to the IGPN on the conditions in which a police vehicle would have struck a scooter on Thursday in Paris, injuring three minors, one of whom with a vital prognosis, indicated this Tuesday the prosecution and the police headquarters. . An investigation into the “refusal to comply is underway”, and “in parallel”, another investigation was entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), “on the conditions under which this shock would have occurred”, said the prosecution.
The facts took place on April 13 shortly before midnight in the 20th arrondissement of the capital, these sources said, confirming information from Streetpress and Mediapart. According to these media, the families of the minors filed a complaint for attempted murder on Monday, along with their lawyer, Me Arié Alimi.
A refusal to comply at the origin of the accident?
Last Thursday evening, a “police vehicle pursued a scooter ridden by three minors, one of whom was not wearing a helmet” and “the scooter fell”, detailed the Paris prosecutor’s office. “His driver sees his vital prognosis engaged, the two other passengers are injured,” added the prosecution. “A shock was mentioned by several people between the police vehicle and the scooter,” said the prosecution.
The victims and three witnesses, quoted by Streetpress and Mediapart, assure that the police “voluntarily” hit the scooter. The police “wanted to check” the scooter, but “the driver refused to stop and to escape control took a street in the opposite direction before losing control of his scooter in circumstances that remain to be established”, for its part indicated the police headquarters.