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Added on the 06/05/2021 19:15:58 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A crowd of police officers and residents in Avignon, southeast France gathered in front of the Avignon police station to pay tribute to 36-year-old Brigadier Eric Masson, who was killed on Wednesday during a drug raid in the city centre. IMAGES
Police stand guard at the scene after a French police officer was killed during an anti-drug operation in Avignon. IMAGES
Several hundred demonstrators gather in Nanterre, near Paris, to protest the release from jail of a police officer who is accused of killing a teenager named Nahel on June 27. The officer remains charged with murder as criminal justice proceedings continue. The rally was called by the teen's mother. IMAGES
France pays a national tribute to Brigadier Eric Masson, a police officer killed in Avignon during a drugs raid. Among the attendees are Prime Minister Jean Castex and ministers Gérald Darmanin and Eric Dupond-Moretti. IMAGES
The two main suspects in the killing of a police officer last week in southern France, aged 19 and 20, have already been convicted "several times" for violence and drug offences, says the prosecutor during a press conference. SOUNDBITE