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A police grenade is suspected of killing Remi Fraisse, 21, during clashes between police and opponents of a dam project in SW France.

Officers say there are not enough of them to cope with the large number of migrants crossing the area in the hope of reaching Britain.

The 48 year-old allegedly flew into a rage after a patrol car refused his order to drive him home, then attacked officers at a police station.

The arrest and conviction of protesters following pro-Palestinian and pro-Gaza demonstrations in Paris have led to accusations of judicial double standards. Critics claim that young non-white Muslims have been singled out for punishment by the police and courts. Here Mediapart highlights the case of a young man called Mohamed who was convicted after intervening when his younger brother was stopped by police officers following a pro-Gaza protest on July 13th. Though his sentence was reduced on appeal, Mohamed still insists he did nothing wrong and says he was only arrested because he is a Muslim who supports the Palestinian cause. Thomas Saint-Cricq reports.

The drugs squad officer has been formerly placed under investigation on suspicion of stealing more than 50 kgs of seized drug stash.

The unnamed officer, 34, was picked up while on holiday in the southern city of Perpignan by officers probing theft of €3m drugs haul.

The 50 kg of cocaine, seized in police raids in northern Paris in early July, had been stored in a special room secured with an armoured door.

Sniffer dogs failed to find explosives during a training exercise and then gendarmes apparently forgot where they had hidden them.

Officers clear makeshift camp housing some 500 migrants at a food distribution point close to the French port where they had been squatting. 

French interior minister says the six arrested in Strasbourg are suspected of participating in a jihadist network, and recently traveled to Syria.

Move reflects French concern over rising number of muggings aimed at Chinese tourists, of whom a million visit France each year.

Two of four detectives arrested for gang rape were placed under investigation by a judge for allegedly raping the 34 year-old last week.

A 34-year-old woman from Toronto who said her father was a Canadian policeman said she was gang-raped by four elite French police officers.

Original memo caused row after it said Roma families needed to be 'evicted' from well-heeled district of French capital.