Shooting of police officers in a Paris police station: state of health of the victims, circumstances of the facts… what we know

The unfolding of the facts

A man was arrested around 10 p.m. this Thursday, in a “building” of the 13th arrondissement of Paris for “a very violent attack on a woman with a cutter”, says Laurent Nunez.

According to the Paris police prefect, cited by France Infothe police had to “break down the door” before “tasing” the suspect several times before managing to control him.

Once at the police station, “when he blew into the breathalyzer“, the man managed to steal a civil servant’s weapon and shot two police officers.

What is the state of health of the police officers?

They were both seriously injured. The vital prognosis of one of the victims is still engaged. “Neutralized“, the attacker is also hospitalized in serious condition but his life prognosis is not in jeopardy.

Three open investigations

Asked by AFP, the Paris prosecutor’s office clarified that three investigations had been opened. Two are entrusted to the 3rd DPJ, one for “attempted murder of the woman“, the other for “attempted murder of persons holding public authority”.

The 3rd investigation was entrusted to the IGPN (the “font font“) For “intentional violence with a weapon by a person holding public authority”as is always the case when a police officer uses his weapon.

“The investigations must in particular specify the circumstances of the facts, the identity of the accused, as well as his possible links with the female victim”, concluded the prosecution.

The Unsa police union said the affected station was “shocked”. “The job of police officer is not trivial, it is at the risk of their lives that police officers intervene daily.”