Nahel M was travelling through the suburb of Nanterre, Paris, in a car he reportedly borrowed when he was pulled over by police who threatened to shoot him in the head
THE MIRROR
Police made a grim threat before executing the 17-year-old whose death has sparked uproar across France this week.
Another young man accompanying Nahel M, who is of Algerian and Moroccan descent, has come out to say that he wants to set the story straight because “there are a lot of lies on social media”.
The passenger has insisted that neither boy was “under the influence”, but they’d borrowed the vehicle – which had Polish plates – and that they were simply driving around the suburb of Nanterre when cops on motorbikes pulled them over.
One of the cops approached Nahel’s window, before telling him: “Cut the engine or I’ll shoot you.”
The officer then smashed the teen in the face with his weapon, before another cop followed suit, he revealed in a video shared on social media.
The first cop then pressed the barrel against his head, telling him: “Don’t move or I’ll put a bullet in your head”.
The second officer then said “shoot him”, before the first hit him again with the butt of the gun.
When this happened, Nahel released the break and the second officer shot him, the passenger said.
“I saw him in pain, he trembled,” Nahel’s friend said. “We hit a barrier.”
