Police opened fire Tuesday morning on a woman uttering threats of an attack at the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand RER station, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
The Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, is not served until 4 p.m. Tuesday, October 31 in the morning, the police opened fire to subdue a fully veiled 38-year-old woman uttering threats of attack in the RER station.
The woman made death threats
During a press conference, the Paris police prefect, Laurent Nuñez, specified that this woman had been the subject of two reports around 7:20 a.m. by RER passengers in Val-de-Marne, “the first coming from a passenger in Choisy-le-Roi, the second coming from a call to the SNCF emergency number”. The woman had made threats such as “You’re all going to be there.” Or “God is great”. The woman was then spotted around 7:55 a.m. in the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station. “The station has been evacuated”explains the police chief.
His vital prognosis is in jeopardy
Laurent Nuñez also indicates that “this person got up and walked towards the police officers” despite police orders. In total, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office, the police opened fire eight times on this woman who refused to comply and threatened to blow herself up. According to several corroborating sources joined by franceinfo, the woman was injured in the stomach and was hospitalized. “His prognosis remains, as we speak, committed,” specifies Laurent Nuñez.
Two open investigations
The prosecution specifies that two investigations have been opened, the first entrusted to the Paris judicial police for apology, death threats and act of intimidation against a holder of public authority, the other is entrusted to the IGPN for violence volunteers with weapons by person holding public authority, on the use of firearms.
“The identity of this person is not yet certain.”explains for his part, the police prefect, even if an identity trail is favored by the investigators. “Provided that this identity is correct, this is a person who was known to the police for acts dating back to July 2021”relates Laurent Nuñez. “Dressed in a full veil, she wandered around with a screwdriver in her hand, making remarks of a religious nature, with a threatening attitude, which led to her arrest, with the help of soldiers from Operation Sentinel” , explains the prefect. “She had been placed in police custody for a time and then, obviously suffering from psychiatric disorders, she was at that time interned”he adds.
According to sources close to the matter, contacted by France Inter and franceinfo, her profile had already been mentioned during a meeting of a departmental evaluation group for Islamist radicalization (GED) but she was not listed S. The Paris police prefect also welcomes the “responsiveness of law enforcement”.