A man was killed in Marseille after apparently being shot by a police blast ball. The incident took place during July riots that gripped France after the police killing of a teenager at a traffic stop.
Ednews informs via Frane 24 that three French police officers have been charged with "armed violence unintentionally causing death" of a man during nationwide riots earlier this summer, prosecutors said on Thursday.
A 27-year-old man died in Marseille shortly after he was evidently shot by a blast ball commonly used by the police.
The prosecutors said it was "probable" that the man's death was "caused by a violent impact to the thorax caused by the firing of a projectile of the blast ball type."
The autopsy of the man showed marks on the chest consistent with a blast ball impact, prosecutors added.
Charging police officers in a criminal case for on-duty violence is uncommon in France.