Cars Burned N. Paris in 3rd Night of Tension over Death in Police Hands
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Protesters angered by the death of a man in police hands earlier this week burned cars and garbage bins in an area north of Paris overnight, but tension seemed to be easing despite a third night of unrest, a local official said Friday.
The protests started Tuesday night when 24-year-old Adama Traore died while being driven to a police station following his arrest over an altercation in the Val d'Oise area around 40 km north of the French capital.
Members of his family said he appeared to have been killed by police. An autopsy found no trace of significant violence on the body of the man but found he had been suffering from a "very serious infection", according to a justice official.
Jean-Simon Merandat, chief of staff to the Val d'Oise police prefect, said family and friends of the dead man were planning a street march later Friday and that local authorities were liaising with them on the matter.
In the overnight violence, less marked than previous nights, a police vehicle was hit by buckshot fire, six cars and several bins were set on fire, Merandat told French public radio.
Earlier this week, a crowd of around 200 threw petrol bombs at police and public buildings.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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