Rail police opened fire and seriously injured a man at Austerlitz station in Paris on Monday, February 3. The injured person threatened the police with a dummy weapon.
Shops resounded in Austerlitz station. This Monday, February 3, on Monday, agents of the SNCF railway security opened fire on a man in the Parisian station reports The Parisian. The man, very seriously injured, tagged swine crosses on the walls of the station when the agents intervened to challenge him according to a police source quoted by the Ile -de -France newspaper. The man then pointed out a weapon towards agents of the police who then fired. The suspect’s weapon turned out to be fake.
The facts took place in the afternoon. Around 3 p.m., the man hit by ball and seriously injured was taken care of by the emergency services who carried out a heart massage according to the Parisian. A second person foreign to the altercation was slightly injured in the foot.
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16:11 – Who is the second injured?
The railway police neutralized a threatening individual, but also touched another person who was also present on the spot, obviously at the place of the intervention. According to the first elements communicated by AFP, the Parisian or BFMTV, this second person was not involved in the incident and would have no connection with the man who lifted a weapon towards the forces of the . This person, who is therefore presented at this stage as a collateral victim, was taken care of by the firefighters.
15:56 – A security perimeter installed at Austerlitz station
As reported by the France Press agency, the station’s forecourt is closed to the public, currently. A large safety perimeter has been installed, the Quai d’Austerlitz is closed to traffic. Police have deployed agents on site, and soldiers that are patrolling as part of the Vigipirate plan are mobilized on the station. The firefighters are also present in front of one of the entrances to the building.