On Tuesday, a first suspect was indicted on the charge of aggravated violence against police officers and placed in pre-trial detention.
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A second suspect, accused of having participated in the attack on three plainclothes police officers on July 20 in the Guillotière district of Lyon, has been taken into police custody, franceinfo has learned. with the Lyon public prosecutor’s officeSunday, July 31. “A suspect has indeed been placed in police custody and will be presented on Monday to the investigating judge in charge of the case who will decide on the follow-up to be given”the prosecution told AFP.
This is the second person arrested and taken into custody in this case. On Tuesday, a first suspect was indicted on the charge of aggravated violence against police officers and placed in pre-trial detention. This 26-year-old man is in an irregular situation and has no criminal record. He “did not dispute the facts” and has “apologized”told AFP Laurent Bohé, lawyer for the victims.
Two police officers were injured on the evening of July 20 while trying with a colleague to arrest a person suspected of theft, in the middle of a crowd who violently attacked them. On a video posted on social networks, we can see three plainclothes police officers, two men and a woman, being beaten and thrown by projectiles in front of the entrance to a convenience store in the Guillotière district.