They do not believe in the scenario described by the police. Relatives of a young Guinean killed on Wednesday near Angoulême (Charente) by the shooting of a policeman, whom he had just hit in the car as part of a refusal to comply according to the authorities, denounced “a blunder” by demonstrating on Thursday. “He is the victim of a police blunder and racism”, loose Maya Biret, a friend, adding that this 19-year-old man “loved France and wanted French nationality”.
In the procession in Angoulême, many do not believe in the thesis of the refusal to comply. “He had his license, he was in good standing, why would he have fled? “, asks Aziz, who has known him since 2018. “Someone who flees, he does not stop at a red light, it does not hold up! “.
The policeman hit in the legs
The facts took place early Wednesday morning in Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente, in the suburbs of Angoulême. Alhoussein Camara was fatally shot by police while trying to escape arrest, according to the prosecution.
The victim’s vehicle, “taken over at reduced speed” by a first police car early Wednesday morning, because it was “zigzagging”, first accelerated while a second patrol tried to intercept it, before to “stop” at a light “fixed red”, said Wednesday the public prosecutor of Angoulême, Stéphanie Aouine.
The two police vehicles then positioned themselves to arrest the driver, who engaged reverse gear and then moved forward, hitting a police officer in the legs, according to the prosecution. He then shot him, fatally hitting him.
“exemplary behavior”
“Why didn’t you take his license plate and summon him the next day? Asked a woman in the procession which gathered around 150 people.
Arrived in France in 2018, passed through a child welfare home and having obtained a CAP in cooking, the young Guinean worked in a restaurant and now officiated in an Intermarché logistics base, where he went , according to his relatives. He was unknown to justice, according to the prosecution.
At the home for young workers where he lived in Angoulême, “exemplary behavior” is described: “He was appreciated by everyone, both by the other residents and by the association team. He was active, determined, friendly, pleasant on a daily basis.
The prosecution opened two investigations: one for “refusal to comply and violence with a weapon”, the other for “intentional homicide” targeting the police officer. “The whole issue of this case will be the question of self-defense,” said the prosecutor. The injured policeman was released from hospital on Wednesday evening after being heard by the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), according to a police source.