France, March 5 -- Police officers across France staged low-key protests on Wednesday after prosecutors sought murder charges against a colleague who shot and killed a teenage motorist during a traffic stop in 2023.

Demonstrations organised by the Alliance police union saw officers gather outside police stations in several cities including Caen, Nantes, Besancon and Nanterre - the Paris suburb where the shooting occurred.

Nahel, 17, was killed in June 2023 by a bullet fired at point-blank range by a police officer- identified as Florian M- who was checking the vehicle when the teenagerattempted to restart it.

Police initially claimed the young man had driven towards them, but this version was contradicted by amateur video footage share...