A man was holed up in an apartment on rue Jean Canavèse in the Nice Nord district. The sector had been cordoned off and the RAID arrived on site.
According to the Police, the madman was arrested without incident by the RAID at the beginning of the afternoon. Regarding the reasons for the incident, a police source evokes psychiatric problems.
The blockage of the sector will be lifted.
The mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi went there at midday.