Assault, police officer between life and death: what we know about the attack in a Paris police station

Two police officers were shot and injured on Thursday May 9, 2024, at the police station in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The perpetrator of the shooting, a man arrested after an “extremely violent” attack, managed to steal an agent’s weapon. This Friday morning, Police Prefect Laurent Nuñez returned to the facts on -.

Police intervention for an “extremely violent” attack

Thursday evening, the police were called for an “extremely violent attack, committed with a cutter” against a woman, details the prefect, specifying that “the victim emerged seriously injured without his vital prognosis having been engaged”.

During the arrest on Avenue de France, the agents “ used a Taser multiple times » while the attacker was very agitated.

“It was when he was blowing into the breathalyzer that the man stole the weapon and used it,” relates Laurent Nuñez. He was then neutralized by personnel. According to information fromParis newsone of the police officers would have been hit in the abdomen and the other, injured on my leg.

Three open investigations

An investigation has been opened to shed light on what happened, even though the agents’ weapons should be fitted with a safety device and stored in a case. In detail, two investigations are carried out by the 3rd DPJ. One for “attempted murder” of the woman, the other for “attempted murder of persons holding public authority”.

Finally, the prefect mentioned the opening of a third investigation by the IGPN, the police force, for use of weapons by civil servants.

Concerning the author of the shots against the police officers, Laurent Nuñez indicates that for the moment “we do not know much” about his profile. It is also unknown whether he knew the woman he slashed with a box cutter.

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