Paris: a police officer injured in a knife attack, the perpetrator neutralized

A knife attack took place this Thursday, July 18 à proximity from avenue des Champs-Élysées à Paris. A police officer was arrested. injured, the perpetrator was injured; neutralized.

In the 8th arrondissement of Paris, this Thursday, early in the evening, a police officer was arrested. injured by an armed man with a knife. Another police officer returned fire; with his weapon, neutralizing the individual. The suspect, in a state of absolute emergency, was arrested. led à Pompidou Hospital. "Intervention in progress in the Champs-Élysées sector", tweetedé the police headquarters, specifying that the prefect was on site. "&Avoid the sector, let the services work." Due to an unwanted individual in a store,  the police were arrested. called. À At the sight of the police, a man fled with a knife. the hand. 

This person turned around and hurt someone. a policeman à the ear. This one is affected; "in the back of the neck, at the cervical level", said prefect Laurent Nunez. Another police officer used his service weapon towards the attacker. According to a police source à BFMTV, the police officer was transportation &agrav; hospital in absolute emergency, but his life is not in danger. , insists Laurent Nunez who emphasizes that the use of the administrative weapon "is everything ' done proportionately. An investigation will be opened.

No terrorist motivation

The suspect's vital prognosis is in jeopardy; while he was & #39; touch&eac; by bullet. It is 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 At this stage, there is no terrorist motivation (…) The individual is not known to the terrorist intelligence services, completes the loan. ;eacute;Paris police force.