The individual had just been arrested after “violently” attacking a woman in the Quai de la Gare district, said Paris police chief Laurent Nunez. Once at the police station, he managed to “stealize” an agent’s weapon.
:quality(50)/2023/07/05/64a55fd777de4_placeholder-36b69ec8.png)
Published
Update
Reading time: 1 min
:quality(50)/2024/05/09/000-8wq394-663d46137f95f429083584.jpg)
Two police officers were seriously injured by a gunshot by a man in the police station in the 13th arrondissement of Paris on Thursday May 9, franceinfo and France Télévisions learned from police sources. A man, who had just been arrested a little earlier, “has stolen” the weapon of an agent during his “supported” in the police station before “make use of”declared Paris police prefect Laurent Nunez to the press.
The two affected civil servants were first taken care of by their colleagues then by the Paris firefighters, before being evacuated to Parisian hospitals. At this stage, no further details have been officially communicated. But Laurent Nunez said to himself “very concerned” by their state of health. “We are obviously all very worried”he added.
The attacker, who was “neutralized”, is seriously injured. He was arrested around 10 p.m., after having “violently attacked a woman in a building on Quai de la Gare”specified Laurent Nunez, which “requires the intervention of police officers from the 13th arrondissement”.
The staff of the police station are “very affected”also declared Laurent Nunez, referring to “a lot of emotions” After “these extremely serious facts”. The police chief greeted “their courage” And “their responsiveness” to intervene quickly. The Paris public prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, also went to the scene. The Unsa Police union also expressed, on the social network “its unwavering support for the seriously injured police officers as well as the staff” from the 13th arrondissement police station, “shocked”.
