It is an unusual story that took place this morning in the small town of La Roche-Rigault (Vienne). A neighbor alerts the gendarmerie services after hearing shots coming from a garage. The suspect was arrested without causing any injuries.
An important device
An important gendarmerie system has been put in place to secure the places and the inhabitants. Gendarmes from the sector but also a unit from the specialized gendarmerie protection platoon (PSPG) from the Chinon nuclear power plant, as well as crisis negotiators were mobilized. In all, about thirty soldiersparticipated in the intervention.
It was around 12 p.m., once the area was safe and secure, that the suspect was arrested. He made no resistance, said the Poitiers prosecutor’s office.
The suspect has been taken into custody and the gendarmes are currently conducting the hearings to try to shed light on the course of events.