The police declared that the person killed carried a 30 cm knife and “threw himself” on the police who were carrying out a patrol in La Courneuve linked to the respect of confinement.
Police on ATV patrol repeatedly shot a person who allegedly threatened them with a knife in a park in La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis), Wednesday April 15, Franceinfo learned from a police source.
According to the account delivered by the police, the person killed carried a “kitchen knife” with a blade of 30 cm. The police force him asked to leave. After refusing, she would have “pier” on the police who were carrying out a patrol linked to the respect of confinement, around 4.30 p.m. The man was hit by three shots in the head and abdomen. The police were not injured and the terrorist character was not noted.
That man “was a priori born in Afghanistan” and “had a residence permit”, said the Bobigny prosecution. He was domiciled in Saint-Denis. The prosecution, which visited the site, opened an investigation entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) and to the judicial police of the department. An autopsy should be performed Thursday on the body of the victim, added the prosecution.
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