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Yvelines: a 16-year-old man who fled injured by the shooting of a police officer

2020-09-20T20:05:04.860Z


The driver forced a roadblock, nearly hitting a policeman who fired. His condition is not worrying, according to the prosecution.


A 16-year-old young man was slightly injured in the arm this Sunday by the shooting of a police officer while he fled in a stolen vehicle on the road leading from Rambouillet to Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole ( Yvelines), we learned from corroborating sources.

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In the afternoon, police officers from Rambouillet spot a badly parked car and approach to check it, the Versailles prosecutor's office told AFP.

At the sight of the patrol, the driver took off "

with a bang

", adopting "

dangerous

"

driving

.

In wanting to force a filtering dam near Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, he failed to hit a police officer who “

felt threatened by this vehicle which was likely to overturn him

” and fired, added the prosecution.

Slightly injured in the right arm, the fugitive was immediately arrested in the stopped vehicle, "

stolen for a few days

", a police source told AFP.

The 16-year-old young man, whose "

condition is not worrying

" according to the prosecution, was transported to a Paris hospital.

The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) was seized in order to shed light on the circumstances of the shooting.

Source: lefigaro

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