The thirties was killed by a tray policeman at a red light. The mayor of this city of Seine-Saint-Denis has called for calm. The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) was seized from the investigation.
Le Monde with AFP
A thirty-led a stolen van is dead, Saturday, March 26, after being touched by the shot of a police officer trying to interpellate him to Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), learned The France-Presse agency with the bobigny floor. The circumstances of the tragedy remain to be determined, according to the same source.
Transported to the hospital in a critical state at midday, the victim born in 1988 died as a result of his wounds, “said the floor.
The facts took place at the junction of two nearby cities of the department, Aulnay-sous-Bois and Sevran.
Notified around 12:30 am flight of a van, a crew of the anti-crime brigade (tray) quickly marks the vehicle and seeks to control it at a red light, has traced the floor.
For reasons that remain fuzzy at this stage, one of the officials used his service weapon once, “a bullet that touched the driver” of the stolen vehicle, detailed the source.
The motorist still continued his journey from “a few hundred meters”, before finishing his race by hitting parking cars, in a Alley of the Beaudottes district, in Sevran, she continued.
The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) has been seized of the investigation.
The neighborhood “in shock”
The police officer, hospitalized in shock, could not be heard Saturday. The auditions of his colleagues were in progress.
Tensions took place in Sevran following the tragedy. Forces of the Order have been sent in reinforcement and will remain mobilized for the night, according to a police source.
“The prefect assured me that everything will be done to determine the exact circumstances of this drama” who touched a Sevranais “Father” and plunged the inhabitants of his neighborhood “in shock,” said in a Communiqué Stéphane Blanchet, the Mayor of Sevran. “In the waiting and for the safety of all, it is essential that we keep our calm,” he exhorted.