A happy ending. After around 3 hours, the hostage-taking in Issy-les-Moulineaux ended following an intervention by the BIS. The 4 hostages were released after three hours of captivity and were not injured. The madman was arrested.
The main information to remember:
- The 4 hostages were released, the madman arrested after the intervention of the BIS
- The son of the owner of a restaurant in Issy-les-Moulineaux held “a few employees” hostage
- The man is known to the police
- The prosecution opened an investigation for arrest, kidnapping, sequestration, entrusted to the SDPJ 92
Open investigation
The Nanterre public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into arrest, kidnapping and kidnapping, entrusted to the sub-directorate of the Hauts-de-Seine judicial police. In this context, the person arrested was placed in police custody and will be subject to a psychiatric examination for compatibility with this measure.
Neither “clientele nor public”
This man “with a drug addict profile” according to a source close to the case, and who according to a police source had already “committed similar acts” at his home in 2022 “with threat” of suicide”, has four employees in the restaurant but neither “clientele nor public”. He locked himself in the pizzeria located a few meters from the Paris ring road, southwest of the capital, just before 1 p.m., this source also indicates. 40 years old according to a source close to the case, is also not known to the courts.
“He has a drug problem I think”
“I see him every evening in passing, he’s not well. He has a drug problem I think,” says Anthony, a 23-year-old student, who prefers not to give his last name. “I saw the police arriving earlier, it’s impressive… I’ve already been to the restaurant, there was no problem,” adds Monique Teichet, retired and resident of the neighborhood.
According to AFP journalists on site, the iron curtain of the pizzeria with its bright red storefront is down. Several nearby restaurants are also closed.
The BIS on site
An important police force surrounds the restaurant, the pizzeria “L’Olivier” located at 8 rue Ernest Renan. “Intervention in progress, let the security and emergency forces work,” wrote the police headquarters on “.
On AFPTV images, we can see numerous police vehicles and security forces, helmeted and armed, blocking the streets and establishing a security perimeter in the neighborhood. The BRI, research and intervention brigade, arrived on site. A mediator from the BRI (Research and Intervention Brigade, an elite unit of the Paris police) is “engaged, due to the person concerned’s desire to commit suicide”.
