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Police chief: officer in assault probe should not be in jail

Police chief Frédéric Veaux's call for the officer - who faces an investigating over the beating up of a youth in Marseille - to be released from custody has sparked a political controversy. 

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The remanding in custody of a French policeman in the city of Marseille has sparked a new controversy, weeks after violent riots, with the left slamming a call from police chiefs for the officer to be freed, reports RFI.

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Since January 7, 2023 our colleague and friend Mortaza Behboudi has been imprisoned in Afghanistan, in the Taliban prisons.

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