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France – World | Tobacco store alert: police open fire

The alarm was triggered again, Wednesday evening around 11 p.m., on the Logista platform site in the Ludres industrial area. This tobacco depot supplies tobacconists in the Grand Est.

Again very reactive, the police officers of Nancy, hypersensitized after the June 4 attack , then move quickly on the scene. Arriving first, the anti-crime brigade (BAC) is confronted with a suspicious vehicle which rushes in its direction. He threatens to strike an official who is at the time outside his unmarked vehicle.

Shocks on the A33

Put in play by the police, the driver refuses to comply. The police fired a shot, but the crazy car then rushed towards Nancy on the A33. With several police forces glued to his bumper.

An eventful chase begins, with percussion between the car on the run and that of the BAC. However, not enough to comply with the driver determined to take all the risks to escape.

The police nevertheless managed to intercept him on the A33, at Fléville-devant-Nancy. The fugitive was placed in police custody in the process.

No link with the commando

Hot, many questions arise as to the motives of the suspect, a few days after the site was attacked by an armed commando. What was he doing, parked near Logista? Did he enter the premises? Why did he take all the risks to run away? Does he have a link with the five robbers in the Paris region placed in pre-trial detention, this Monday, June 8?

Justice unknown

The suspect’s hearing, his profile and the investigations concerning him have already made it possible to rule out any link with the Parisian commando. Aged 18 and domiciled in the suburbs of Nancy, the young man is “unknown to the justice system”, indicates the prosecutor François Pérain. Still, he will have to answer for his behavior.

Even more serious if the attempted homicide on a person holding public authority (note: for having rushed towards at least one police officer who had to use his weapon) were to be brought against him.

Police custody lifted

The young man said he “accidentally stopped near the Logista warehouse because it was lost,” reports François Pérain. “He saw a dark vehicle approaching and, taking fright, he started. Seeing an armed man exit the dark vehicle, he believed in an assault and continued on his way without stopping. On the highway, he saw the light signals from the second screen-printed vehicle and decided to stop, “said the prosecutor. “In accordance with current practice in the event of the use of weapons, we plan to have the investigation continued by the IGPN in Metz. “

The suspect’s police custody was lifted Thursday by the prosecution because “for a criminal offense to be established, there must be an intentional element. However, the young man said he did not intend to commit a refusal to comply since he took the police for criminals, “said the prosecutor.


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