Overview

• Police reported 150 to 200 mostly masked participants building burning barricades on Tuesday night, with seven arrests after officers used water cannon, tear gas and rubber rounds to disperse crowds.
• Investigators said the 17-year-old lost control while fleeing on a scooter reported stolen and that witnesses indicated a significant gap between the police vehicle and the scooter at the time of impact.
• Authorities detailed the use of four rubber-bullet shots, 54 tear-gas grenades and a firefighting tanker as officers faced stones, construction fences, Molotov cocktails and pyrotechnics.
• The city police face a separate misconduct scandal after prosecutors uncovered years of racist, sexist and antisemitic messages and Nazi imagery in WhatsApp groups, prompting the suspension of four officers and a pledge for external review.
• Officials noted recent deadly police-related incidents in Lausanne, including a June case involving a 14-year-old, as community anger grew and a local SVP politician was filmed being chased and assaulted during the unrest.