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Actor Delon’s son indicted after girl shot

The son of French veteran actor Alain Delon has been indicted by a Swiss court after a teenage girl was shot at the actor's apartment, Delon's lawyer said Tuesday.

“After hearing the two teenagers implicated in the commotion, the judge decided to indict them,” Alec Reymond, who represents Delon’s 17-year-old son Alain-Fabien, told AFP.

A teenage girl was shot during a party at the French actor’s apartment in Geneva last week.

Delon, who was not at home at the time, confirmed in an interview published Saturday that a girl was injured, but said his son did not fire the shot.

Reymond stressed that “in reality no one fired a shot.”

“The shot went off during a commotion. The judge on minors is carrying on with his investigation,” he said.

The judge can then decide to close the case or “in case of a guilty verdict, the judge has several measures under his disposition according to the law, and the rules on minors favour supervision.”

Geneva police and the court said they would not comment on the case as it involved minors.

Delon has been a Swiss citizen for 12 years and lives in Geneva.

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PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS

Two computers stolen from French Olympics’ organiser in Lille

Two computers belonging to "a manager responsible for the planning of the Lille Olympic site" were stolen from a car parked in the city, the prosecutor's office said on Tuesday.

Two computers stolen from French Olympics' organiser in Lille

However, the spokesperson did not specify the nature of the data linked to the Olympic Games that they contained.

“The complaint from a manager responsible for the planning of the Lille Olympic site was received on the evening of April 29 regarding the theft of two laptops and a badge which were in the organiser’s vehicle, which was parked in front of their home,” said Lille prosecutor Carole Etienne.

“Investigations are underway” to identify the suspect and determine “the exact nature of the data that these computers contained in connection with the 2024 Olympics,” she added.

According to a police source, one of the stolen computers was likely to contain “security plans” for the infrastructure of the Olympic village of Villeneuve-d’Ascq in Lille.

The theft occurred Monday at around 6:30 pm, according to this source, who said that access to files hosted on the network and the cloud was blocked by the Paris 2024 IT department.

“In accordance with Paris 2024 procedures, all data recorded on Paris 2024 computer equipment is encrypted and protected by passwords, and as soon as the theft was reported, the computer was locked remotely,”  a spokesperson from the Olympics’ Organising Committee (Cojo) said.

“The security of computer equipment is one of the priorities of Paris 2024, which has taken all risks into account in order to deal with any incident,” the Committee said.

The stolen badge was “an identification badge which does not allow any door to be opened” and “the computer was turned off”, a second police source told AFP.

At the end of February, a bag belonging to an engineer from the City of Paris and containing a computer and two USB sticks where notes relating to the Paris Olympic Games were stored was stolen from a train at Gare du Nord.

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