The funeral of Nahel M., 17, began this Saturday morning at the Nanterre funeral home in a very tense atmosphere, in the presence of many people who came to pay tribute to the young man killed on Tuesday by the shooting of a police officer, journalists noted. from AFP.
“Rest his soul, may justice be done. I came to support the mother, she only had him, poor thing, ”a Nantes woman, who did not wish to give her name, told AFP as she left the funeral home.
Many people gathered at the end of the morning in front of the building for this ceremony, which the family wanted to be as intimate as possible, far from the cameras. The hearse left the funeral home around 12 p.m. A funeral ceremony is scheduled for early afternoon at the Ibn Badis mosque in Nanterre. Interment will then take place in the Mont Valérien cemetery.
Indictment for homicide
A fan of rap and motorcycling, Nahel was raised alone by his mother in Nanterre, and lived in a block of buildings in the Pablo-Picasso estate, at the foot of La Défense. Out of school, he worked as a delivery man and had started an “integration journey” in the Ovale Citoyen association which accompanies young people through sport and had established a partnership with the Nanterre rugby club.
The tragedy occurred near the Nanterre-Préfecture RER station, during a police check on the rental car driven by Nahel, who had had trouble with the law for refusing to comply.
Seized by an amateur video, the point-blank shot of a police motorcyclist contradicted the initial story delivered by the police, setting fire to many cities and working-class districts of the country four nights in a row. The 38-year-old police officer who fired the fatal shot was charged with intentional homicide and remanded in custody on Thursday.