Swiss police officers on trial over Black man's death

FILE PHOTO: People sit and hold banners during a Black Lives Matter protest, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, in Zurich, Switzerland, June 13, 2020. REUTERS/Michael Schields

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Six police officers face homicide charges in a Swiss court case that opens on Monday following the 2018 death of a Black man from a heart attack after he was pinned, face-down, for several minutes during arrest.

The officers, whom Reuters did not name due to Swiss privacy laws, face charges of "homicide by neglect" in the case of Mike Ben Peter, a 39-year-old Nigerian man before a Lausanne criminal court. They all contest the charges and will seek acquittal, their lawyers said.