The man, in his twenties, was himself the son from a first union of the father of this family who arrived in Dover in July 2021.
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The man shot dead on Wednesday July 20 by the GIGN in Dover (Ain) after taking refuge in a house, killed five people including three children, learned franceinfo from a source close to the file, information confirmed by the Bourg-en prosecutor’s office. -Bresse in a press release.
According to the mayor of the town joined by franceinfo, the victims are five members of a blended family, a couple and their three children, two girls aged 15 and 17 and a 5-year-old boy.
The man killed by the GIGN was himself the son from a first union of the father of this family who recently arrived in Dover. He did not reside with them. Investigations are still underway to determine these parentage links, indicates a source within the gendarmerie to franceinfo.
The gendarmes were alerted early Tuesday evening by the individual who told them that he had just killed five people. They arrived on the spot around 11:30 p.m. and tried, without success, to dialogue with the madman until the arrival on site of the GIGN from Dijon on Wednesday morning, shortly before 7 a.m. A long negotiation took place until the end of the morning with the individual who was neutralized at midday. The madman was medically followed for psychiatric disorders, specifies the gendarmerie.
The man was armed with a rifle and a Japanese saber, as well as a bulletproof vest, relates a source within the gendarmerie to franceinfo. Upon entering the house, the members of the GIGN issued frenzied summons, said the same source.
An investigation for intentional homicides is opened by the prosecution. Another is initiated for the acts of use of weapons by the GIGN gendarmes and entrusted to the service of the general inspection of the gendarmerie.