The teenager, brain dead after a motorcycle collision with a police vehicle on Wednesday September 6 in Elancourt (Yvelines), died on Monday in Turkey, the family’s lawyer, Me Yassine Bouzrou, told Agence France-Presse (AFP), Tuesday September 12. Aged 16, he was transferred in a state of brain death on Sunday evening to Turkey for treatment in a private clinic in Istanbul.
The Versailles public prosecutor’s office initially confirmed the teenager’s death on Wednesday evening. The next day, Me Bouzrou contradicted this version by telling AFP that the death had not been announced to the family. The prosecution then returned to its first statement, affirming that the teenager was in a state of “brain death”.
One of the two investigations was entrusted to the IGPN
According to a police source consulted by AFP, the collision occurred while the teenager, suspected of refusing to comply, was “followed at a distance” by another police vehicle. The two police officers involved in the collision were quickly taken into custody, a measure which was lifted without prosecution at this stage on Thursday September 7.
Two investigations were opened: one for “refusal to comply”, entrusted to the territorial security of Yvelines, the other for “unintentional injuries by driver”, entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police.
Me Bouzrou announced Thursday evening that he had filed a complaint for attempted intentional homicide and requested the removal of the case, accusing the Versailles prosecutor’s office of “lies”. According to the Versailles public prosecutor’s office, a judicial investigation for “unintentional injuries” was to be opened on Tuesday.
The CRS 8 deployed to Elancourt
At the request of the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, CRS 8, a unit specializing in the fight against urban violence, was sent to this city of 25,000 inhabitants, to prevent possible unrest. The death of this teenager comes a little more than two months after the death of Nahel M., 17, killed in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) by a police motorcyclist during a road check on June 27. The police officer was indicted for intentional homicide and placed in pre-trial detention.
The images of the biker shooting the teenager at point-blank range, widely distributed on social networks, raised a wave of anger in the country and riots broke out. This urban violence was marked by clashes between rioters and law enforcement, scenes of looting, fireworks mortars fired at public buildings and fires.