two Raid police officers were taken into custody

Two Raid police officers were placed in police custody in Marseille and are being questioned by the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) on Wednesday, November 15, France Télévisions learned from the prosecution. The two agents were questioned following violence on the sidelines of the riots in early July against a 22-year-old young man, Abdelkarim Y., who was blinded in the eye by an LBD shot.

At the end of July, Abdelkarim Y. filed a complaint against against the director of the Raid and against the director general of the national police. According to the document, which franceinfo was able to consult, Abdelkarim claimed to have received an LBD shot, launched by a police officer, on the night of June 30 to July 1, around 12:30 a.m., while he was walking in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille . Injured in one eye, he had to be hospitalized before finally losing the use of it, details the complaint.