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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 8 January 2019

Former pro boxer in custody after assault on French police

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN town Paris on Saturday. On
Associated Press one video, he can be seen
PARIS (AP) — A man identi- aiming several punches
fied as a former boxing pro at an officer trying to pro-
and suspected of viciously tect himself with his shield
attacking riot police offi- on a Paris bridge close to
cers with his fists and feet the National Assembly, the
during the latest yellow lower house of parliament.
vest protests in France has In another video , wearing
turned himself in and was a black hat and gloves, he
placed in custody on Mon- kicks a police officer lying
day, authorities said. on the ground.
The suspect, identified by “What shocked me the
French media as Chris- most and I think for you
tophe Dettinger, was it’s the same thing, it’s to
filmed beating up police see him hitting the poor
officers Saturday in Paris in policeman when he’s on
videos that went viral on so- the ground,” Boucher said.
cial media and created an “And especially when you
outpouring of comments know he’s a boxer. In box-
either praising or lambast- ing, you learn not to hit a
ing the man’s actions. man on the ground. Never.
Clashes hit Paris for the And he did it.”
eighth straight week of yel- The suspect was quickly
low vest protests this past identified but remained on
weekend and prompted Riot police officers take position at the Champs Elysees avenue during a yellow vest protest in the loose until he turned
French Prime Minister Ed- Paris, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. himself in on Monday.
ouard Philippe on Monday Associated Press Dettinger, known when he
to announce the mobiliza- dominated media cover- his wrongdoing but said he of leading by example,” was boxing professionally
tion of around 80,000 police age of the protests, is a just tried to defend himself Dettinger said. “It’s always as “the Gypsy of Massy,”
next Saturday. He also said former French champion after he and his wife were us, the little ones, who after a town in the south-
the French government in the light heavyweight tear-gassed by police. pay. French people, I’m ern suburbs of Paris, was
wants to sanction protest- category, according to “I have the people’s anger with you wholeheartedly. praised by many yellow
ers who don’t officially reg- media reports. In a video inside me. I see all these We need to keep fighting vest protesters, lauding his
ister their protests. message recorded before presidents, ministers and peacefully.” courage while criticizing al-
The 37-year-old suspect, he surrendered to police, the State stuffing them- The suspect was involved in leged police brutality dur-
whose violent outbursts Dettinger acknowledged selves, being incapable at least two fights in down- ing the protests.q

Alps avalanche risk high, several dead

in weather incidents

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities
in Austria and southern
Germany warned Monday
that the risk for avalanches
in the northern Alps remains
high after several people
died in weather-related in-
cidents.
A 28-year-old man and a
23-year-old woman who
went missing while snow-
shoeing were found dead
near Salzburg in central
Austria, while about 40 Truck drivers help each other after being trapped by heavy
rescuers with dogs were snowfall on the Autobahn A8 near Holzkirchen, southern
Germany, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.
still searching for two oth- Associated Press
ers who went missing while lice said. woman in Bavaria died in a
snowshoeing near Hohen- Authorities also said Mon- weather-related incident.
berg in Lower Austria, the day that a woman who was The Hochkar alpine road
Austrian news agency APA buried by an avalanche and the entire Hochkar ski-
reported. last week in the Uri canton ing region in Lower Austria
In Germany, 44-year-old (state) of Switzerland died were closed because of
man died in Wackersberg of her injuries Saturday. the high risk of avalanches.
in Bavaria when he was hit Also on the weekend, three Residents and visitors were
by tree branches brought skiers in Austria were killed asked to leave the region
down by heavy snow, po- by avalanches and one by the end of the day. q Contact Emir Flanegin at #5656270