Family's 'relief' as riot officer charged over death of 80-year-old in Marseille

Six years after the death of Zineb Redouane, the CRS officer who fired the tear gas grenade that fatally struck the 80-year-old has been charged with manslaughter. © wikimedia commons

Six years after 80-year-old Zineb Redouane was fatally injured by a tear gas grenade fired during a protest in Marseille, it has emerged that a riot police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

The charge was filed by a judge in Lyon on 12 September but was only made public this week following a report in French daily Le Monde.