Swiss police on trial over Nigerian's death
By BBC
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Mike Ben Peter died after being arrested in the city of Lausanne.
Six police officers are due to go on trial in Switzerland later on charges of manslaughter in connection with the death of a Nigerian man five years ago.
Mike Ben Peter died after being arrested in the city of Lausanne.
Police say they used standard techniques to apprehend the alleged drug dealer.
The officers pinned him to the ground after he refused to be searched.
The defence is to argue that Mike Ben Peter's death was likely to have been a result of underlying health problems.
The dead man's family and anti-racist groups in Switzerland have drawn parallels to the death of George Floyd, who was killed by police in the United States in Minneapolis.
