a police officer beaten with a billhook during a search targeting crack sellers

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Search eventful for a crew from the Juvisy-sur-Orge anti-crime brigade. Thursday November 15, while he entered with his colleagues into a appartement suspected to shelter a drug trafficking in Savigny-sur-Orge (Essonne), a policeman has been attack to the snake by one of the occupants.

Targeted police officer taken to hospital, dog unleashed on colleagues

“The agent was heavily injured shoulder and knee”reports a police source according to which the other officials of the crew were attacked by “a categorized dog”.

In total, four officers were injuredincluding the one targeted by the hatchet blows which had to be evacuated to the South Ile-de-France Hospital Center in Corbeil-Essonnes.

The alleged assailant was arrested. In all, four people were arrested according to the Interdepartmental Directorate of the National Police of Essonne which, in a message published on X, wishes a “speedy recovery” to the police officer injured by the knife.

An investigation opened for “attempted murder”

Also expressing her “support” for the peace guards who intervened, the prefect of Essonne recalled, on “seized their drugs”.

According to CNewsthe Évry-Courcouronnes public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation of attempted murder of a person holding public authority which he entrusted to the Territorial Crime Division.

“A tragedy was narrowly avoided”

According to The Parisianthe searched accommodation housed sellers of cocaine and its derivative, crack, whose resurgence of users in the department worries several elected officials, likeAlexis Teilletthe mayor of Savigny-sur-Orge.

“Firmness and impunity must guide the justice response to these acts of violence against the police, against trafficking and delinquency which are ruining the lives of the French,” asks the councilor on Facebook.

“Thanks to the professionalism and composure of the police officers who intervened, a tragedy was narrowly avoided,” underlines for its part the Un1té 91 union which denounces “ultra violence once again under the backdrop of drug trafficking” and demands “firm and exemplary sanctions for the perpetrators”.

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