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Chinese community holds protest in Paris against death of one Chinese national

Xinhua | Updated: 2017-03-28 08:44

PARIS - About a hundred people from the Chinese community held a demonstration on Monday evening in front of a police station in the 19th arrondissement of Paris to protest against the death of a Chinese national who was killed Sunday night in a conflict with the police.

The Chinese embassy in France confirmed Monday that a Chinese national was killed 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.

The French police authorities said that the police investigators were making investigation into the death of the Chinese national in Paris, according to the source of the embassy.

The Chinese embassy also sent its condolences to the victim's family and asked the French authorities to find out the true situation as soon as possible.