French prosecutors have said that the French policeman who shot and killed a teenager at point-blank range in 2023 outside Paris, sparking days of riots, is to go on trial on a murder charge.
The trial of the officer, who has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, could take place in the second or third quarter of 2026, the court and prosecutor in the Paris suburb of Nanterre where the killing took place said in a joint statement.
