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		</div><p>A trial has opened over the shooting death of a two-year-old toddler who was in a van during a high-speed chase between police and suspected migrant smugglers seeking to get to Britain.</p>
<p>At the trial in Belgium’s southern city of Mons, a policeman stands accused of involuntary manslaughter and two other men for being suspected migrant smugglers.</p>
<p>In May 2018, police wanted to check a suspicious van making its way through Belgium and when the vehicle sought to escape, police went after it.</p>
<p>During the chase, police shot at the van and two-year-old Kurdish girl Mawda Shawri was hit in the head and later died.</p>
<p>Belgian authorities said a shot was fired to stop the car and there was no intention to target the people inside.</p>
<p>Her death has since become a symbol of injustice toward migrants fleeing their homes seeking a better life in wealthy Europe.</p>
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<p>Outside the courthouse, a few dozen people were standing with banners reading “Justice for Mawda”.</p>
<p>The trial will centre on the shot fired during the high-speed chase and to what extent it was necessary to seek to bring the car to a stop in that way.</p>
<p>In all, 30 people were in the van, including Mawda’s brother and parents.</p>
<p>The policeman faces up to two years in prison.</p>
<p>The suspected smugglers face up to 30 years in prison.</p>
<p>After the start of the trial on Monday, it was quickly suspended because of translation problems to the Kurdish language. It was expected to resume later in the day.</p>
<p>Among those who have supported the “Justice For Mawda” cause on social media are musicians Peter Gabriel and Roger Waters and British director Ken Loach.</p>
<p>“These are people who are fleeing terror, frightened for their lives, freeing across Europe, the most exploited, the most endangered people — the poorest most vulnerable people we can imagine,” Loach said, arguing such people should not be shot at.</p>
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