police car on fire: the sixth suspect indicted for “attempted murder” – The Obs

A sixth suspect arrested Wednesday in Paris in the investigation of the attack and the burning of a police car in the capital was indicted Friday evening, including “attempted murder “on police and imprisoned, did said Saturday a judicial source.

According to sources close to the file, French 39, a computer without a criminal record, is suspected of having participated directly on 18 May, to the attack of the police vehicle in which were two agents. Slightly injured, they could out of the car which was ablaze after a shooting smoke.

The sixth suspect, a native of Saint-Denis, near Paris, was arrested Wednesday night, towards the place Nation after he attended a rally in the twelfth arrondissement, a source close to the case.

a judge has indicted for “attempted murder” on police violence against police and tape degradation and organized participation in an armed gathering with concealment of the face. In this case, five other suspects already indicted for the same offense and three of them are in custody.

At this point, none of the six indicted is suspected of throwing the smoke.

iron bar Coups

According to a source close to the case, the sixth alleged assailant, who has no links with other protagonists, is suspected to have struck with an iron bar shots, one of two police officers Kevin Philippy, the interior minister had praised the composure and “extreme control”.

Identified thanks to “the exploitation of video images”, the suspect remained silent face investigators who questioned him in custody, according to judicial sources.

the other suspects in the case have them identified by an anonymous witness. But it turned out to be that of an undercover police officer on site, his name on a report by mistake. The examination put lawyers denounce unfair investigation and without proof.

Close to some of the anti-fascist movement, recognize their presence at the scene but deny having taken part in the violence. The sixth suspect is not related to these environments, a source close to the case.

(With AFP)