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Added on the 05/05/2021 23:27:46 - 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
French police on Thursday release a photo of policeman Eric Masson, shot dead late Wednesday afternoon in Avignon during a drug raid. 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
Dozens of people and police union members gather outside a police station in Avignon to remember an officer killed in anti-drug operation. The 36-year-old officer and father of two was shot and killed Wednesday evening while investigating a gathering at the spot. IMAGES
French police officers stand guard outside the Isard COS centre for asylum seekers in Pau, southwestern France, where a 46-year-old official was stabbed to death by a Sudanese man whose asylum application had just been refused. IMAGES