On Thursday, July 7, in the afternoon, the police killed a 24-year-old man who was riding a scooter with an armed passenger in the center of Grenoble. An investigation was immediately launched and the police IGPN was seized. One of the two accused policemen, the author of the fatal shooting, was released overnight after being detained, we learned from the prosecutor’s office this Friday.
“The latter stated that he used his weapon against two scooter users, one of whom pointed at him with a Kalashnikov rifle.“Clarifies the Deputy Prosecutor of Grenoble, Boris Dafau. And to continue.Other witnesses were heard, including two of his colleagues, who confirmed the presence of a long weapon.The victim’s autopsy also revealed one fatal gunshot wound and no other traumatic injuries. In addition to the rifle, a bulletproof vest was also found at the scene.
The terrorist track was cancelled
At the time of the events, at around 18.15, the two policemen were on foot patrol in Grenoble’s Hoche district when they crossed the road of two men on their two-wheelers. The dead young man was unfavorably known to the police. As for the passenger of the scooter, he managed to escape and has not been found at this time.
Two investigations have been started. The first was entrusted to the Grenoble Judicial Police Service with the facts of “attempted murder of a public authority”, and the second was entrusted to the IGPN with the facts of fatal blows. A police source contacted by AFP said that, according to the first elements of the investigation, it is “Common Law Acts, Not Terrorism”. The Prosecutor’s Office of Grenoble confirmed the information on Friday evening. The Theater of Facts, which is located in the center of the city, was completely surrounded on Thursday evening. A security chain was established, and several dozen residents and passers-by were kept at a safe distance by several policemen in the afternoon, an AFP reporter said on the spot.
Source: Le Figaro
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