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Driver killed in Montauban: the gendarme in custody, IGGN seized

2020-08-08T10:52:26.781Z


The gendarme who killed a truck driver, tested positive for cocaine and who refused to comply, was placed in custody and the General Inspectorate of the National Gendarmerie (IGGN) seized, announced Saturday August 8 the prosecutor of Montauban. Read also: Refusal to comply: a truck driver killed near Montauban after the shooting of a gendarme The soldier, a 36-year-old adjutant, " was taken int...


The gendarme who killed a truck driver, tested positive for cocaine and who refused to comply, was placed in custody and the General Inspectorate of the National Gendarmerie (IGGN) seized, announced Saturday August 8 the prosecutor of Montauban.

Read also: Refusal to comply: a truck driver killed near Montauban after the shooting of a gendarme

The soldier, a 36-year-old adjutant, " was taken into custody so that he could be heard, with a lawyer " late Friday afternoon and " it is possible that his custody will be extended », Laurent Czernik said at a press conference.

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The magistrate also entrusted an investigation to the IGGN to verify the circumstances under which the soldier used his weapon against this 35-year-old truck driver, who had just collided with a gendarmerie vehicle on the highway near Montauban, after having escaped a traffic check.

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The gendarme " a priori fired four times " and " his desire was a priori to stop the road assembly ", underlined the magistrate. " A 9-minute bullet fatally hit the driver " who was then extracted from the truck, before it caught fire. An autopsy is due on Monday August 10.

Source: lefigaro

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