A motorist who ran over and killed a 27-year-old cyclist following a dispute in central Paris this week was handed preliminary murder charges on Friday. The French capital has undergone extensive transformations in recent years to become a bike-friendly city under Mayor Anne Hidalgo, whose cyclist-favouring policies have drawn resentment from motorists.
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