A man threatens a patrol with knives, a police officer hurts him – Liberation

A 40-year-old man was injured in the thigh by a police officer in Saint-Martin-Boulogne, on the outskirts Boulonnaise, on the night of Friday to this Saturday, March 1. The man brandished two knives and uttered death threats against the night patrol of which the policeman was a part. He was led by help at the hospital of Boulogne-sur-Merwithout his vital prognosis being engaged, and could have been placed in police custody, said the public prosecutor Guirec Le Bras.

Two investigations were opened: one for attempted homicide on police official and another entrusted to the Lille delegation of the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) in connection with the use of weapons by the police.

The facts took place around 4 a.m. The firefighters said they intervened around 4:15 a.m. « For a person injured by firearm » Following a « Attempted assault on a national police crew »and having transported a man to the Boulogne hospital center, in « absolute emergency », as well as the mother of the injured, aged 65, « Shocked » but non -medical.

According to the narrative of the prosecutor, the police of the anti-crime brigade were in a « Sector impacted by burglaries » When they saw this man and told him about their vehicle. The man then took out two knives and uttered death threats.

When the individual moved away with his weapons, they followed him and he then ran towards them by asking them to shoot. A first police officer used an electric pulse twin twice and then an LBD, without effect. The man left before leaping a second time on the police, still according to Guirec Le Bras. Another policeman then shot twice with his gun, injuring him in the thigh. The police then discovered that man « Had surrounded his chest of boxes ».

Already known to justice, the forties was sentenced four times between 2012 and 2023 by the Criminal Court of Boulogne-sur-Mer for driving under the empire of narcotics, use of drugs, death threats and outrages to the public authority.