This Thursday morning, a van leaving the Banque de France was attacked in the city center of Grenoble (Isère).
The armed criminals fled.
It was around 10:30 a.m. that the attack took place this Thursday morning, in the city center of Grenoble. According to initial information, a van carrying funds was attacked at Cours Berriat, very close to Cours Jean-Jaurès.
A police source told the LCI-TF1 editorial staff that two Mercedes vehicles blocked a van from the Loomis company which was leaving the Bank of France with 1 million euros and opened fire.
According to initial information, the conveyors responded.
The criminals fled
The police source specifies that a vehicle was found burned nearby, a second a little further away.
Furthermore, according to this source, an alleged perpetrator of the attack, injured in the leg, fled on foot with a long weapon in the direction of the Mistral district. Like his alleged accomplices who left in a vehicle, he is actively sought.
The criminals did not steal anything during this attack.
Two minor injuries
The Grenoble public prosecutor, Eric Vaillant, who went to the site, indicated at 11:15 a.m. that there had been “two minor injuries linked to road accidents caused by the event and by a shattered glass”. The magistrate formally contests the rumor of a deceased person.
At 12:15 p.m., the magistrate announced that the Specialized Inter-Regional Jurisdiction (Jirs) of Lyon had taken up this attack and that he would no longer communicate.
Shortly after 4 p.m., the Lyon prosecutor’s office confirmed the information. “The Grenoble public prosecutor’s office relinquished responsibility today in favor of the Lyon JIRS public prosecutor’s office from the investigation opened following the attack on an armored van that occurred this morning in Grenoble. The investigations entrusted to the National Directorate of the Judicial Police (DNPJ) and the South-East Zonal Directorate of the National Police (DZPN) are actively pursuing charges of attempted theft with weapons in an organized gang and participation in a criminal association with a view to preparing a crime”he explains.
Conveyors supported by emergency services
In a press release this Thursday, Michel Tresch, President of Loomis France, was delighted “to know that” THE “conveyors are safe and sound”. “They were taken care of by the emergency services and will be monitored as required to ensure their good physical and psychological health. We would like to salute their exemplary conduct. They applied the procedure to the letter, and demonstrated ‘exceptional composure and calm’he insists.
