A 40-year-old Sudanese threatened passers-by and the police with a butcher's blade. Faced with his aggressiveness, the officials used their weapons around twenty times.

Aged 40, this man born in Sudan was unknown to the justice services. The Paris public prosecutor's office opened two investigations: one for "attempted intentional homicide against a person holding public authority" and the other for "intentional violence by police officers leading to death without intention of give”