The police opened fire on a woman threatening and advocating terrorism at the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station, in Paris, this Tuesday, October 31. The injured woman was evacuated and her life-threatening condition is in jeopardy.
Police intervention and shots fired. This Tuesday, October 31, the presence of a woman uttering threats and advocating terrorism was reported in the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand metro and RER station, in Paris. The police intervened and isolated the threatening woman in the station, which had been evacuated of all its travelers. The events took place around 8:30 a.m.
The woman wearing the full veil according to the details of BFMTV refused to obey the orders of the police and the latter, fearing for their safety in view of the threats, opened fire several times, around 9:20 a.m. according to the time frame reported by the continuous news channel. The author of the threats was injured in the stomach and has since been evacuated by the firefighters. The vital prognosis of the author of the threats is compromised according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.
The threat of an explosion
Among the threats made, some warned of an explosive device. The woman also reportedly indicated that she wanted to “blow up everything” according to information from independent journalist Clément Lanot. The prosecution specifies that she threatened to blow herself up. After checking the premises, no explosive object was found, reports BFMTV.
Two investigations were opened following the police operation at the station: the first was entrusted to the Paris judicial police for apology, death threats and acts of intimidation against a holder of public authority, the second concerns the use of weapons by the police and intentional violence and returns to the IGPN. This procedure is put in place as soon as police officers open fire.
Reinforced security in the face of the terrorist threat
This terrorist threat occurs in a climate that is still under tension. If threats of this ilk and false bomb threats which have affected schools, airports and even the Palace of Versailles almost daily over the last two weeks seem to be fewer in number, the authorities continue to take all necessary measures in the face of risk of a terrorist attack.
France is still placed in “attack emergency”, the highest level of the Vigipirate plan, since October 13 and the terrorist attack which occurred in a high school in Arras. This fear of the terrorist threat also influenced certain decisions and the organization of the various events. On the eve of the incident at the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station, the TF1 channel announced that the NRJ Music Awards ceremony scheduled for November 10 will not take place live. The awards ceremony and the show will be recorded live earlier in the day and then broadcast on screen the same evening, to avoid possible attack attempts targeting the event. The Parisian. TF1 is also considering a similar system for the new season of Star Academy which begins on November 4.