A madman entrenched at his home in Gironde for several hours, and who fired with a rifle several times on the gendarmes, was killed Sunday early in the afternoon by a "neutralization shot" from the GIGN, he said. we learned from consistent sources.
The alert was given on Sunday around 6.30 a.m. after the 53-year-old alcoholic man went for no apparent reason to assault and wound with a knife a neighbor of the village of Saint-Christoly-Médoc, at his home, 70 km north of Bordeaux, told the AFP the prosecutor of the Republic of Bordeaux, Frédérique Porterie, confirming information from the Sudouest.fr site.
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When the gendarmes arrived, the man armed with a rifle fired several times at the soldiers, wounding one of them "very slightly" , it was said by a source close to the investigation. They retaliated and took shelter, before the madman took refuge in his house, in the village whose center was cordoned off.
The assistance of the GIGN was requested, and several hours of fruitless negotiations ensued with the man with a "very complex" personality , with psychological and judicial background, prosecuted for drugs and alcoholic behavior in particular, added the prosecution. The madman refused to surrender, and from time to time continued to shoot in the direction of the gendarmes.
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Around 2:15 pm when the man appeared at his window and was preparing to shoot again, with a sniper rifle, a GIGN gendarme carried out a "neutralization shot" , said the prosecutor. The man could not be revived despite rescue efforts, and died on the spot.
Two investigations were opened, indicated the parquet floor: the one for violence with weapon (on the neighbor) and attempted murder on person depositary of the public authority, and the other on the intervention of the GIGN, entrusted to the Office judicial investigations by the gendarmerie.