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French police officer fatally shot men 'as car drove away'

Reports about the Pont Neuf shooting in Mediapart and Libération question the officer’s claim he was acting to save lives of colleagues because car was driving at them. 

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A French police officer who shot and killed two brothers accused of attempting to avoid a road check in Paris fired as their vehicle was driving away from him, new reports allege, reports The Guardian.

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