Police cleared of electrocuting youths
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Your support makes all the difference.Prosecutors want to drop a highly sensitive case against two police officers accused of being responsible for the fatal electrocution of two Parisian teenagers.
Bouna Traore, 15, and Zyed Benna, 17, died in a power substation in the suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois in October 2005 while hiding from police. Their deaths set off nationwide riots.
But the local prosecutor's office has submitted a request to drop the charges because of lack of evidence, a judicial official said. It is now up to investigating judges whether to accept that request.
Lawyers for the victims' families said such a move would give police licence to act with impunity.
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