Toulouse: after the mortar jets on Saturday in Bagatelle, a suspect will be tried on Thursday
On the sidelines of a shoot of images of the rapper “Niaks” incidents broke out on Saturday in Bagatelle, district of Toulouse. A suspect is being pursued.
A 20-year-old boy, “without any legal background”, underlines his lawyer Me Agathe David, was imprisoned yesterday at the end of the day in Seysses. Placed in by the judge of freedoms and detention, he will be tried by the criminal court in the context of immediate comparisons, for having “voluntarily committed violence against persons holding public authority”.
In this case the police from the specialized field brigade of Mirail who landed Saturday in the middle of the afternoon, rue du Cher in the Bagatelle district. They were unaware of it but the rapper “Niaks”, artist of the Parisian suburbs whose appearances are often agitated, shot images of a future clip. And for the occasion, the “bikes” of the exit city and “turned” hard.
To be filmed? To welcome the rapper “with dignity”? The question remains unanswered. The arrival of the police faced dozens of people excited by violent reactions. The police were targeted. A rule of gravel and, sadly obligatory, mortar fire, these fireworks rockets that certain young inhabitants of “sensitive” cities use as weapons, horizontally.
No injuries to the police, but tear gas grenades were quickly used and reinforcements, including from the city center, were hired to restore order and disperse those present.
During this reaction from the police, a boy who does not live in Bagatelle was arrested. He would have been one of the users of the mortars. He affirms that he is there simply to ensure a role of appearing in the clip. Analyzes of his gloves to find any traces of powder were entrusted to the Toulouse forensic laboratory. The results should be known before Thursday’s hearing. “He was arrested far from the incidents. We will plead his release ”, warns his lawyer Me Agathe David.