Summary of the news
- French MP launches investigation after finger piece sent in post was discovered.
- What happened was reported by French Presidential officials earlier this week.
- The piece of finger found is believed to belong to the sender of the letter.
- A team is monitoring and investigating between 1,000 and 1,500 emails and letters sent to Macron.
Emmanuel Macron, President of France Ludovic Marin/AFP 12/07/2023
French prosecutors said on Thursday (13) that they had opened an investigation after discovering a piece of finger sent by post to the Élysée Palace, seat of the French Presidency.
Police are investigating the incident, which was reported by French President Emmanuel Macron officials earlier this week, according to Valeurs Actuelles magazine, which revealed the incident.
The piece of finger found is believed to belong to the sender of the letter, who is suffering from psychiatric problems. The information was disclosed to AFP by a source familiar with the case, who asked not to be identified.
A team of 70 monitors and reviews between 1,000 and 1,500 emails and letters sent to Macron every day.
Contacted by AFP, the French Presidency has not yet commented.
Arrests, violence and fire: France faces protests after police kill young black man
Clashes erupted between protesters and police in France on Wednesday after a 17yearold black teenager was shot dead by authorities.
The attack that killed the young man happened on June 27 in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, and the population has been protesting ever since. Tensions rose, protesters threw firecrackers at containment forces and set cars on fire.
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Paris police chief Laurent Núñez told CNews television that protesters set fire to 42 vehicles and construction equipment and assured 350 agents prevented shops and buildings from being looted overnight.
“The patrol will last as long as necessary,” Núñez said of the officers’ movement in the coming days. So far, 24 members of the security forces have been slightly injured and 31 demonstrators arrested in the clashes.
The French government mobilized 40,000 security forces on Thursday evening (28th) to try to bring the unrest under control.
Protesters are fighting back and mourning the loss while demanding accountability for the officers who killed Nahel
In a statement, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his concern over the violent clashes in Nanterre and stressed the importance of responding appropriately to this tragic situation.
Macron declared the 17yearold’s death a tragedy that could not be ignored and reiterated his government’s commitment to ensure a full and transparent investigation into the incident. He stressed the need for accountability when violations of police standards are identified and underlined the obligation to promote justice and end police brutality.
Nahel, stopped by a roadblock, ignored orders from the police, who fired.
The French newspaper Liberation, which published images from the officers’ body cameras, reiterated that the police’s actions were violent and disproportionate and that further attempts at contact with the victim should have taken place before they fired a gun.
Video of the incident recorded by a witness shows one of the agents, a 38yearold brigade member, pointing his gun directly at the minor next to the driver’s window while the other spoke to him from the same side.
The shot was fired as the car accelerated without immediately endangering police safety. This contradicts the detained police officer who fired the shot and his colleague
The judiciary opened two investigations, one of them into a voluntary killing by a person responsible for public violence, which directly concerns the responsibility of this brigade member. The second reason why he escaped police control has to do with Nahel’s behavior, a practice that provoked the outrage of the young man’s family, who, through the mouth of lawyer Jennifer Cambla, reminded them that in France they don’t have a Speaking to radio station France Info, Cambla said the family intends to press charges of forgery because the agents involved in the incident lied in their first testimony.
The lawyer also stated that the police response was “completely illegitimate” and that “it falls outside the framework of a legitimate defense” because “feeling threatened is not enough to put a bullet in the chest.” .
In addition to the conflicting demonstrations, a peaceful march in memory of the teenager is taking place today (29). The victim’s mother attends the ceremony. She joined the community with a banner that read “Justice for Nahel” and called for accountability and an end to police violence. Riot police continue to patrol the streets of Nanterre, near Paris. The demonstrations, whether peaceful or not, have no end date. The investigations are ongoing