In a terrorist context, two days after the attack in Nice which left three dead and several wounded, with a Vigipirate plan enhanced in "emergency attack, the alert was taken very seriously."
This Saturday, at the beginning of the afternoon, at 2 pm, police patrols from the left bank, alerted on the police waves for an "emergency on the 13", converged, howling siren and flashing light, rue du Château-des -Rentiers, 100 meters from rue de Tolbiac (13th century).
The police manage to locate him in the street
A radicalized young man was arrested "gently", notes a source familiar with the matter.
"He had signaled to his parents that he intended to take action", continues this source.
"It was his father who called Police help," said a police source.
His son was armed with a knife and carried a Koran ”.
The police had his description: 21 years old, 1m70, wearing a black sweatshirt, a black jacket, a black cap.
The police located him at 28 rue du Château-des-Rentiers.
A knife found in his backpack
They got out of the car, called him out, declined their duties before pointing their guns.
"He turned towards us," notes a policeman, holding a backpack firmly with his right hand and keeping the other fist closed.
The individual remains fixed, very nervous, his eyes dark ”.
Finally, the suspect complied.
The police neutralized him, handcuffed him and brought him back to the 13th century police station where he was taken into police custody.
In his backpack, the police found and seized a 25 cm long green-handled knife with a 17 cm blade and a Koran.
It is this knife seized by the police that the young man arrested was carrying.
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The 20-year-old suspect, who lives in the 13th century, not far from the place of his arrest, was unknown to the police.
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"It is a salutary reaction on the part of his parents, points out Jérôme Coumet, the mayor (DVG) of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, which has undoubtedly made it possible to avoid the worst".
