The two sides faced each other for the first time on Monday

First confrontation between the two parties in the investigation into the death of Nahel in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, in June 2023. It took place on Monday, July 15 in the afternoon, franceinfo learned from the lawyer of the police officer who fired the fatal shot, confirming information from RTL. Nahel, 17, was killed on June 27, 2023 by a police officer when he refused to comply in a street in Nanterre. After this tragedy, France experienced three nights of riots.

In this case, this confrontation is a first between, on one side, the two passengers of the car driven by Nahel and, on the other, the police officer and his partner. According to Laurent-Franck Lienard, the lawyer of the police officer who shot Nahel, the confrontation is to begin at 2 p.m. in the office of the investigating judges.

Two investigating judges are trying to establish the circumstances of the teenager’s death. His family is awaiting trial. “to be able to move on in our lives”according to a cousin of Nahel interviewed during the silent march organized a year after the young man’s death. The police officer, suspected of having shot, is indicted for murder. He was released last November and placed under judicial supervision, after four months of pretrial detention.