Attack on a police officer in Paris: the suspect died after a police shooting, the victim in “absolute emergency”

A police officer was arrested. attacked with a knife on the evening of Thursday July 18, near the Champs-Eacute;lysées & Paris, and is in absolute emergency. The suspect, neutralized, died from his injuries.

"A police officer wasé victim of an attack in the 8th arrondissement of Paris" warned the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, on the evening of Thursday July 18. The events took place on rue Vernet, near the Champs-Elysées. The member of the police “intervened following” a call from agents securing a store" when he was injured by an armed man of a knife added the minister. Another police officer returned fireé with his weapon, neutralizing the individual.

The suspect, hité shot, was shot led à Pompidou Hospital in a state of absolute emergency, but died as a result of his injuries in the evening. The police officer is also in absolute emergency, injured; "in the back of the neck, at the cervical level", "but his life is not in danger" specifiedé police chief Laurent Nuñez.

The police intervention around the Champs-Elysées began. after the suspect was arrested. signal like an unwanted person in a boutique on the famous avenue. À At the sight of the police, the man fled with a knife. the hand. He turned around and injured her. a policeman à the ear. Another police officer used his service weapon towards the attacker. "The individual 'was threateningçant", insists Laurent Nunez who emphasizes that the use of the administrative weapon “is everything' done proportionately. An investigation by the IGGN should be opened.

No terrorist motivation

The suspect's vital prognosis was at risk. while he had been touch&eac; by bullet. It was an elderly man. 27 years old. According to the resigning Minister of the Interior, G&rald Darmanin, "the author immediately ; neutralized by police officers providing security. "Unwavering support", he wrote on the social network #39;there is no terrorist motivation à “this stadium, nor any link with the Olympic Games”, clarifiedé Laurent Nuñez. "A criminal investigation into the charge of attempted murder of a police officer, for which the 1st judicial police district is seized" , was é open, addedé the prosecution. The individual is not known to the terrorist intelligence services", added the Paris police chief.