The images quickly circulated on social networks: armed police officers, shields and rams in hand, advancing in column on rue Saint-Sernin, near Place Gambetta, in downtown Bordeaux.
Panic gripped the street for a few minutes, around 4:30 pm It was a passerby who alerted the police after seeing a man brandishing a pistol from a balcony.
Armed police intervention underway in the Gambetta district #Bordeaux @SO_Bordeaux @20minutesbord @ActufrBordeaux pic.twitter.com/ViHdVg4X9m
– Pierre Le Camus (@PierreLeCamus) January 26, 2021
The man who lives in a therapeutic apartment and suffers from psychiatric disorders was arrested without difficulty by the police of the anti-crime brigade (BAC) assisted by the intervention company.
He was taken to the central police station.
The gun has been seized. This is a plastic toy.
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