Beni Mellal.. A security intervention to arrest a subject ends with the death of a police officer by “friendly fire”

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Heba Press

This morning, Tuesday, December 17, members of the Anti-Gang Brigade of the security state of Béni Mellal were able to arrest a 34-year-old person who was the subject of four nationwide search warrants in related cases to illicit drug trafficking. and psychotropic substances.

According to preliminary data from the investigation, the anti-gang brigade of the city of Beni Mellal intervened to arrest the suspect, who is the subject of extensive research indicating his involvement in numerous drug cases. However, he refused to comply and was violent. resistance using a knife, threatening the safety and security of the police officers participating in this intervention.

In order to neutralize the danger caused by the suspect, an anti-gang member drew his functional weapon in circumstances marked by resistance and non-compliance on the part of the person concerned, causing the accidental firing of a bullet which hit another participating police officer. in this intervention at the chest level.

The injured police officer, who was a security guard working within the anti-gang brigade, died immediately after being transported to hospital, while the field interventions carried out allowed the arrest of the suspect participating in these acts criminals, and the seizure of the knife. used in this attack.

Due to the need for judicial information ordered by the competent public prosecutor, the suspect and his accomplice were placed in theoretical custody, in order to discover all the circumstances and circumstances surrounding this case.