(ANSA) - PARIS, MAY 10 - A woman attacked a policeman with a knife in the Gironde, the Bordeaux region. Another policeman fired and seriously injured her and died shortly thereafter, police reported. The woman, according to what has been learned, was in a "confusional burden", and the sources also spoke of "dementia". The incident took place in Pessac, near Bordeaux.
According to the reconstructions, the woman had barricaded herself in a room in her house and allegedly wounded the officer in the leg with a knife. At that point, the policeman's colleague "opened fire in self-defense". (HANDLE).