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Police officers attacked in Paris: profile of suspect revealed
Police officers attacked in Paris: profile of suspect revealed
(franceinfo)
One of the two police officers injured by gunfire in Paris on the evening of Thursday May 9 was facing a life-threatening condition. We know more about the profile of the suspect, who had just attacked a 73-year-old woman in her home with a box cutter.
What happened in a police station in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, and how was a suspect able to seize a police officer’s service weapon? It was 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, when a suspect, after being arrested, managed to seize a service weapon and shoot the police twice. Two officials were taken to hospital.
The alleged attacker was hospitalized
Three investigations were carried out to understand what could have happened. Earlier, the suspect was arrested a few blocks from the police station. The man in his thirties allegedly locked himself in a woman’s apartment before violently attacking her with a box cutter. She survived. A suspect with worrying behavior, whom neighbors had seen roaming the building in recent days. The alleged attacker, victim of return fire, is still hospitalized but out of danger. The vital prognosis of one of the police officers is still engaged.
