Switzerland: Riots Erupt After Migrant Dies in Police Chase

“Pyrotechnic devices were used against the police – it’s scandalous,” Pierre-Antoine Hildbrand, Lausanne city’s security councillor, told the Keystone-ATS news agency.

“We are facing a movement that has nothing to do with the death of this youth, but which is using it as an excuse to attack law enforcement. It’s disgraceful.”

Marvin’s family denied that he was a thief, with his mother pleading her son’s innocence. His brother wrote online: “You should be with me, at home, in our room, which we’ve always shared.”

Thibault Schaller, a local councillor for the Right-wing, anti-immigration Swiss People’s Party, said he was at the scene of the riots.

“Buses and trash cans set on fire in Prélaz [Lausanne] in reaction to the death of the 17-year-old youth who died Sunday morning while fleeing the police on a stolen scooter,” he posted on X.

“Unaware of what it’s about, I head to the scene. Some Antifa recognise me, three surround me, back against the wall, and they order me to leave.

“I refuse and ask what’s happening. One pushes me, I push him back then step back, someone shouts something, and 10, 15 people come running at me from everywhere.”