Kyle Rittenhouse, the US teenager who shot and killed two men and wounded another during anti-police protests last year, has been acquitted of all charges.
WASHINGTON - Kyle Rittenhouse, the American teenager who shot and killed two men and wounded another during anti-police protests and riots in Wisconsin last year, was acquitted of all charges on Friday.
Rittenhouse, who claimed the shootings were self-defence, sobbed as the verdict was read and sank into his chair. He rushed out of the courtroom after the jury was dismissed. Prosecutors dismissed the self-defence claim, saying it was the then 17-year-old Rittenhouse who "provoked" the events during a night of protests and riots against police brutality in Kenosha.
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