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Puy-de-Dôme: tribute ceremony to the three gendarmes killed

2020-12-28T09:49:41.866Z


The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and the Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly are expected this Monday at 2 p.m. in Ambert, to pay tribute to the three gendarmes killed.


A national tribute to the three murdered gendarmes will be held this Monday, December 28 in Ambert, in the presence of the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin and the Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly.

The three gendarmes were killed and a fourth wounded in the night of Tuesday 22 to Wednesday 23 December in Saint-Just (Puy-de-Dôme) while they intervened to rescue a woman threatened by her companion, discovered dead a few hours later near his vehicle.

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The victims are Brigadier Arno Mavel (21), Lieutenant Cyrille Morel (45) and Warrant Officer Rémi Dupuis (37).

They died "

in particularly despicable circumstances

", denounced Gérald Darmanin on December 23.

These gendarmes tried to save the companion of the madman, who had taken refuge on the roof of his burning house after being hit on the head by the latter.

The shooter, responsible for the fire in the house, allegedly opened fire without threatening the gendarmes.

After hospitalizing, the injured gendarme joined his brigade.

Monday, a decoration will be presented to him during the tribute ceremony.

According to France Bleu, security was reinforced on Monday in this town of 6,000 inhabitants, where the gendarmes worked.

A large screen is also installed on Place Charles-de-Gaulle, so that all Ambert residents can attend the ceremony taking place on Place du Pontel.

In an interview with the daily

La Montagne

,

Gérald Darmanin said he wanted to deliver "

a message of recognition and respect for the police and more particularly the gendarmes, strongly marked by this act of incredible violence.

I will also be there to tell the internal security forces, police and gendarmes that we owe them protection every day.

They are everyday heroes.

"

"

It is the police and gendarmes in their mission of protecting the population who are the first victims of violent people

," added the Minister of the Interior, who also considered that violence against women can be linked to those that daily suffer the police.

The companion of the madman paid "

tribute to those who sacrificed their lives to save his,

" said his lawyer in a statement sent to AFP on Saturday, December 26.

Words are insufficient to express his gratitude.

She addresses her deep thoughts to the families of the gendarmes,

”the brief message concluded, referring to“

several years of physical and psychological violence

”.

The chronology of events not yet established

The public prosecutor of Clermont-Ferrand estimated Wednesday December 23 in front of the press that it was still "

impossible to determine who arrived first

" on the scene among the soldiers.

The profile of the man, ex-soldier, was very worrying.

He was “

Catholic, very religious, even an extremist.

Survivalist.

It would seem that he was convinced of the end of the world

, ”said the prosecutor.

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The murderer, found dead near his vehicle, probably committed suicide with one of his weapons.

His body should be autopsied "

early next week

" at the Saint-Etienne forensic institute, the Clermont-Ferrand prosecutor's office said on December 24.

Source: lefigaro

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