A police car patrol was the target of fireworks mortars, which did not injure, while a police officer narrowly avoided a vehicle charging at him Monday evening in a popular district of Bordeaux, a police source said Wednesday, October 14.
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The police vehicle, on patrol in the Grand Parc district in the north of Bordeaux, was targeted Monday around 8:15 pm by various projectiles, then by two fireworks mortars, which "
did not cause any injuries or caused damage to the car,
”said this source.
The perpetrator (s) fled between the buildings of this city, before after 9:30 p.m. a car deliberately charged at a police officer, a member of a patrol coming to support.
The policeman narrowly avoided her.
The driver could not be stopped, despite a pursuit launched by other patrols.
An investigation has been opened for violence against a person holding public authority.
Asked about the hypothesis of a possible mimicry effect of these fireworks mortars fire after the attack on a police station in Champigny-sur-Marne, the police source specifies that shots with this type of fireworks device occur "
from time to time
".
And that the police are "
very present
" in the Grand Parc district, identified as a "
priority district
" for city policy, and recently targeted by proactive operations against drug trafficking.
At the end of July in this same city, three police officers from the anti-crime brigade (BAC) had come under “
fire from fireworks mortars
” while they were awaiting the evacuation of stolen scooters.
The shots, coming from a group of about fifteen individuals, had hit the vehicle, and a policeman inside had been lightly burned in the hand by an explosive residue.