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Youth and Police Clash in Lausanne After Fatal Scooter Accident

Summary by SWI swissinfo.ch
Youth clash with police in Lausanne after a fatal scooter crash during a police pursuit.

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For the second consecutive evening, young people committed depredations on Monday in the district of Prélaz, Lausanne. Among other things, they ended the fire in garbage cans. These troubles are the result of the death of a teenager on scooter early Sunday who was being hunted by the police.

After the death of a 17-year-old in Switzerland, several dung tubs were set on fire in Lausanne. In addition, there was damage to property. The boy had crashed and died while fleeing a police patrol against a wall.

About a hundred people, encircled, are caught in the law enforcement forces with pyrotechnic devices and set fire to the garbage cans, Sunday 24 August in Lausanne, a few hours after the death of a minor by scooter.

Burning containers and a damaged bus: Riots broke out in Lausanne on Sunday evening. Dozens of young people rioted in Lausanne's Prélaz district. The trigger was likely the death of a 17-year-old. He died overnight from Sunday while fleeing from police on a stolen scooter.

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watson.ch/ broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Sunday, August 24, 2025.
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