A homeless man was seriously injured three police officers with an iron bar on Wednesday in Paris. Neutralized by the police with a gun, died Thursday.
A homeless man died Thursday after being shot and wounded the day before during a police intervention in Paris during which he seriously injured three police officers. Police officers were called in Wednesday for a naked man on the track in the Thirteenth arrondissement, near the parc de Choisy, according to a police source and a source close to the investigation.
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Arrived on site, the three officials find that the exhibitionist, a man without a home, took refuge in a local EDF. They are trying to take it off. The man then throws on the team of police officers armed with an iron bar flat. It hurts first in the face of a first officer, which he cuts, also in part, the finger, according to the source close to the investigation.
Of “possible fractures to the skull” for a police officer
A second police officer was struck in the head with “possible fractures to the skull”, according to the same source. The third then use its weapon to fire, three or four times, and hurts the attacker in the torso, the abdomen and the wrist. The Uas has supported the police officers wounded and the attacker. The latter died on Thursday morning.
An investigation was opened for attempted voluntary homicide on the person agent of the public authority and entrusted to the third district police court (3rd DYP), said the public prosecutor. The police officers who made use of their weapon, the IGPN was seized in the search of the causes of injuries. Several messages of support to the police were posted Wednesday on the social networks.
Darmanin stands “informed”
“I keep informed of the state of health of the three police officers injured in service during a police intervention to the rescue #Paris13. I extend all my support to them and their colleagues, and their loved ones”, had tweeted the minister of Interior Gérald Darmanin.
“All my support and speedy recovery to the 3 police officers injured during an arrest this afternoon at the parc de Choisy in the 13th arrondissement. I would like to salute their courage, their professionalism and their commitment to the service of Paris and Parisians”, had also tweeted the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo.
