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Images do not prove a man stole anything in Marseille

By , based on Comores Infos

Map: Marseille, France

Footage filmed in Marseille during the 17 October demonstrations shows a man in a boubou near people carrying boxes, but does not establish that he committed a theft. Comores Infos notes that the small package he is holding cannot be identified from the circulated stills and disputes the accusations against him.

Footage circulated after the 17 October demonstration in Marseille does not show that a man described as Comorian committed a theft. Wearing a white boubou and a kofia, he is holding a small, light-coloured package that looks different from the large blue boxes carried by other people, Comores Infos reports.

No sports logo or writing that would identify the package as a shoe box is legible in the images. The package could have come from another shop, according to Comores Infos.

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