French police on Tuesday killed a teenager who refused to stop for a traffic check outside Paris, prompting expressions of shock and questions over the readiness of security forces to pull the trigger, reports FRANCE 24.
The 17-year-old was in the Paris suburb of Nanterre early Tuesday when police shot him dead after he broke road rules and failed to stop, prosecutors said.
Emergency services tried to resuscitate him at the scene but he died shortly afterwards.
A video circulating on social media, authenticated by AFP, shows two police officers trying to stop the vehicle and one pointing his weapon at the driver through the window and firing at point blank when he drives off.
The car moved a few dozen metres before crashing.
The IGPN national police inspectorate has opened an investigation into possible intentional killing by a person holding a position of public authority.