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Added on the 03/02/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
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
An officer who was jailed for violence during the riots in Marseille, in the wake of the death of teenager Nahel at the hands of police, and whose arrest has sparked tensions in the city of Marseille, has asked for his hearing to be held behind closed doors. The investigating chamber has rejected his request. IMAGES
Law enforcement officers secure the US Capitol after a police officer was killed after a car slammed into a security barrier srurounding the Capitol building. The Capitol is on lockdown with National Guard troops mobilized after shots were reportedly fired in the incident. The driver who rammed at the police officers is also dead. IMAGES
A US flag is lowered at the US Capitol in honor of a police officer who died of injuries sustained during clashes with a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters who overran a session of Congress. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff as a tribute to Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. IMAGES
Protesters are arrested near the US Capitol, where they burn an effigy of Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli leader's address to American lawmkers. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal convenes an "interministerial crisis unit" meeting at the Interior Ministry following deadly riots in the Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Four people have died, including a gendarme, and hundreds have been wounded. IMAGES