3 French Cops Charged Over Man's Death During Riots
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An autopsy of the man who died in Marseille during the riots showed marks on his chest consistent with the impact of a shot from a blast ball commonly used by police, prosecutors said.
Three French police were charged Thursday over a 27-year-old man's death during nationwide rioting earlier this summer, prosecutors said, an uncommon instance of officers facing a criminal case over on-duty violence.
An autopsy of the man who died in Marseille during the riots showed marks on his chest consistent with the impact of a shot from a blast ball commonly used by police, prosecutors said.
The officers were arrested on Tuesday over the incident -- the only known death at or on the margins of the unrest that gripped France in late June and early July over killing of a teenager by a policeman during a traffic check outside Paris on June 27.