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Before the mayors of more than 300 municipalities gathered at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron played the card of caution on the prospect of a return to calm. While considering that the “peak” of the riots was “past”, the Head of State confirmed “exceptional means” to guarantee “sustainable, republican order” and “maintain the effort and the pressure”, in particular July 13 and 14, around the National Day. To do this, he announced an “emergency law” to speed up reconstruction in towns affected by urban violence, following the death of young Nahel, who was shot by a police officer.
Investigators will have to determine if the tragedy is linked to the recent riots in Marseille. The city prosecutor’s office on Tuesday opened a judicial investigation for “fatal blows with the use or threat of a weapon”. This information, revealed by the daily The Marseillaise and confirmed by BFM TV and The Parisian, follows the death of a 27-year-old man in Marseille, on the night of Saturday July 1 to Sunday July 2. According to justice, “the first elements of the investigation allow to retain as probable a death caused by a violent shock at the level of the thorax caused by the firing of a projectile of the “flash-ball type””.
Nahel’s family files a complaint against Jean Messiha for his kitty
Nahel’s death on June 27 has reignited the debate on police violence. But despite his incarceration, the policeman who fired the shot benefited from a solidarity movement marked by the constitution of a kitty initiated by a figure from the far right, Jean Messiha. After causing a scandal on the left, this common pot was closed this Wednesday shortly after midnight, posting 1,636,240 euros in donations. Nahel’s family lawyer announced in the evening that he had filed a complaint against Jean Messiha, in particular for fraud in an organized gang.