A drunk Geneva policeman shot seven times with his service weapon in the police station and wounded his colleague in the leg, we learned from the local authorities on Monday. The policeman, who belongs to the drug squad, opened fire in his squad’s building at the Carl-Vogt police station in downtown Geneva, for reasons that authorities did not say, citing an ongoing investigation. The man, “under the influence of alcohol“He shot 7 times from the service weapon in the presence of five of his fellow soldiers. “One was shot in the leg and had to undergo surgery“, indicate the prosecutor’s office.
When asked by AFP, the prosecution did not want to reveal other details of the incident, in particular, the level of alcohol in the policeman’s blood at the time of the incident. The police officer was heard by the General Inspectorate of Services, the police, but also the prosecutor. The latter ordered to release the officer under conditions. The policeman has been chargedabout endangering the lives of others, recklessly causing bodily harm and obstructing measures to determine the ability to drive;“, the services of the prosecutor noted.
Source: Le Figaro
