The passenger of the vehicle has been challenged.
Le Monde with AFP
A man was shot by the police on Monday, 29 to Tuesday, August 30 in Neuville-en-Ferrain (North), near Tourcoing, during a road check, learned the France Agency -Press of police source.
The driver, who would have struck a police officer trying to force control around 3 am, according to the police story, was reached with a bullet on the chest and died shortly after, it was said same source.
According to the first elements given by the police, a patrol of the anti-crime brigade wished to control a car parked “all turns extinct” on a sidewalk, in this border town in Belgium.
While the police approached, the driver would have started and struck “on the side” one of the police officers, according to the police source. The civil servant, who was slightly injured, then retaliated and pulled a single ball, touching the driver to the chest.
The care provided first by the police and then by the emergency services called on the spot did not avoid the death of the driver. The car passenger was arrested and placed in police custody, according to the police source.