Demonstrators and police force are seen in front of a police station in Paris, France, March 27, 2017. About 100 people from the Chinese community held a demonstration Monday evening in front of a police station in the 19th arrondissement of Paris to protest against police killing of a Chinese national in a conflict Sunday night. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)
PARIS, March 27 (Xinhua) -- French police officers used batons and tear gas as around one hundred people from local Chinese community Monday evening staged a protest against the killing of a Chinese national at his home by police in a reported clash Sunday.
At least one man of Chinese origin was injured, according to witnesses, as police officers intervened with batons and tear gas at around 8:40 p.m. local time to disperse protesters outside a police station on the Erik Satie street of the 19th arrondissement.
The protesters had set up candles on the ground in the shape of words "Opposition to violence" in French and "Dying with injustice unredressed" in Chinese. Some of them chanted slogans "Murderers! Murderers!"
"We're here to commemorate our compatriot, and we do not want to die of police violence," a protester said. "That's equality?" questioned another protester, a Chinese who has lived for ten years in France.
A Chinese national was shot dead at his home in Paris by a policeman on Sunday night. Some French media reports described the killing as a "legitimate defense" against "an assailant with scissors." However, local Chinese media reports, quoting a daughter of the man, said the 160-cm-tall man, a father of five children, did not attack the policeman at all.
The Chinese embassy in France in a statement on Monday confirmed the death of the Chinese national, urging the French authorities to ascertain the truth in a quick manner and handle the case fairly.
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PARIS, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese embassy in France confirmed Monday that a Chinese national was dead on Sunday night in a conflict with the police in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
According to the website of the Chinese embassy in France, after being informed of the incident, the consular section of the Chinese embassy in France contacted the French police, asking them to find out the cause of this incident. Full story
