A man, threatening to police, shot dead in Avignon

A man was shot dead this Thursday morning at 11:15 am in Avignon by the national police, according to police sources in

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According to our information, this man carried a handgun, which he allegedly brandished to threaten a national police patrol in the Montfavet district.

The latter initially retaliated with a flashball, but the assailant did not fall and continued to advance threateningly on the officials.

The latter would therefore have used their service weapon to neutralize him.

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