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Paris prosecutor launches probe into death of man in custody

Last week a Mauritanian man died in a police station in Paris' 20th district after being taken in for alleged cannabis posession. His family say police brutality lead to his death. © Jacques Demarthon/AFP

The Paris prosecutor's office says police have launched an internal investigation into the death of a man in custody last week. While the circumstances of the man’s death remain unclear, his family has denounced "intentional violence" and called for an independent probe.

El Hacen Diarra, 35, died Wednesday night in a Paris police station where he had been taken after police saw him allegedly rolling a joint, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.

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