Two police officers were seriously injured by gunshot Thursday evening in the central police station of the 13th arrondissement of Paris by a man who grabbed a civil servant’s weapon, after being arrested for the attack with a box cutter on a woman .
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The events took place shortly before 10:30 p.m. inside the police station, according to a source close to the case who specified that one of the two police officers was in serious danger. What the parquet of Paris, requested by AFP, later confirmed. A shooting occurring on the premises of a police station is extremely rare.
Around midnight, the Paris police chief, Laurent Nuñez, who was accompanied by the Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau, went to the scene. He explained to the press that the attacker had been arrested around 10 p.m. in a “ building » of the 13th arrondissement for “ a very violent attack on a woman ” At “ cutter “.
“ The police intervened and brought him back here [au commissariat] and it was when he was taken into charge that he stole the weapon » of a civil servant and injured “ seriously » two police officers. The injured officials were immediately transported to hospital as was their attacker, who was himself injured. seriously » with return fire, said the police prefect.
“ We are very concerned about the state of health (of the two police officers). We are all very worried “, he again underlined, bringing his “ support for staff at the 13th police station “, “ saluting their courage and responsiveness “.
He announced that a judicial investigation was underway and the Parisian PJ responsible for establishing “ circumstances » of this drama. The Paris prosecutor’s office said that three investigations had been opened. Two are entrusted to the 3rd DPJ, one for “ attempted murder of woman ”, the other for “ attempted murder of persons holding public authority “. The 3rd investigation was entrusted to the IGPN (the “ font font “) For “ intentional violence with a weapon by a person holding public authority ”, as is always the case when a police officer uses his weapon.