an investigation opened after the attack on a police car, three people in police custody

An investigation was opened for intentional violence against people holding public authority, after the attack on a police car on Saturday September 23, on the sidelines of the Parisian demonstration against police violence and racism, franceinfo learned from a source judicial Sunday. And three people were placed in police custody, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Sunday.

On the sidelines of this procession, at Boulevard de Clichy, a police car was stoned and attacked “with an iron bar”his crew “attacked in an extremely violent manner by hooded individuals who wanted to fight”, declared police chief Laurent Nuñez, on BFMTV. Four police officers were slightly injured, the Paris police headquarters told franceinfo on Sunday September 24, while the day before the police prefect counted three.

The investigation was entrusted to Paris territorial security. Three people were arrested following the stone-damaging of this car.

In total, six police officers were slightly injured and eight people arrested on Saturday on the sidelines of the Parisian procession, indicates the police headquarters.