The French policeman who shot dead a teenager last week, sparking the country’s worst riots in nearly 20 years, has denied threatening to a put a “bullet in the head” of the boy before opening fire, reports said Thursday.
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The French policeman who shot dead a teenager last week, sparking the country’s worst riots in nearly 20 years, has denied threatening to a put a “bullet in the head” of the boy before opening fire, reports said Thursday.