The police opened fire on a man having shown threatening and armed with knives this Wednesday, February 26, in Dugny, in Seine-Saint-Denis. The individual, who was not identified, was fatally injured.
A man armed with knives and behavior described as threatening was killed by police this Wednesday, February 26, in Dugny, in Seine-Saint-Denis. The facts took place around 7 am near a bus stop according to information fromNews17. The police intervened after receiving a report on the presence of a suspect present at the bus stop and “carrying a knife in each hand” according to the details of the Paris police headquarters at the ‘AFP. During the intervention of the patrol, the individual “threw himself on the police” without saying a word “completes the prefecture.
The police first tried to master the armed suspect using an electrical pumpkin (PIE), without result. A police officer then “used his weapon” by pulling on the individual, injuring him to the chest adds the prefecture. A “cardiac massage” was provided until the arrival of the firefighters, but the suspect died despite the care and the intervention of the emergency services.
Two investigations were opened to shed light on this case. The first concerning the suspect and his assault against the police was entrusted to the territorial security of Seine-Saint-Denis, the second relating to the police shooting is IGPN, the “police police”. The officials who intervened are questioned in the IGPN premises as part of a free hearing.
No identity document has been found on the suspect who has not yet been identified. The deputy mayor delegated to Dugny security, Thierry Pichot-Maufroy, however confirmed the information ofNews17 By indicating that the slaughtered suspect is a “homeless” in the neighborhood: it is a homeless man, who had all his bags with him, dressed in multiple layers of clothes. He was recognized as a homeless person. “The behavior of the suspect before the intervention of the police is still the subject of question.” We do not yet know what has happened. Witnesses reported that he was screaming things, “added the elected municipal official to the Parisianafter going there.
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A representative of the town hall of Dugny confirmed that the armed man killed by the police was a “homeless” in the neighborhood “who had all his bags with him, dressed in multiple layers of clothes”. His presence at a bus stop in possession of two knives, one in each hand, had been reported to the police. But the behavior of the suspect before the police intervention still arouses questions. “We do not yet know what happened. Witnesses reported that he was screaming things,” said the deputy mayor for the city’s security, Thierry Pichot-Maufroy at the Parisian.