“All the hostages were freed without a drop of blood. (…) Total success ”.
Thus Commissioner Broussard, with the famous beard collar now whitened, sums up the philosophy of the Raid (research, assistance, intervention, deterrence).
The policeman behind the creation of the elite unit in 1985, with commissioner Ange Mancini, remembers in the gripping documentary by Mikaël Guedj,
The Raid told from the inside: 35 years of high-level interventions risk
, of the first crisis resolved by the group.
The management of the hostage-taking of the Nantes courthouse by three delinquents was indeed a masterstroke for the Raid, founded two months earlier.
In order to control the hostage-taking that began on December 19, 1985 and ended thirty-five hours later, the elite unit used negotiation.
This allows him to gradually release the 29 people retained by the criminals.
A risky strategy aimed at delaying the assault, or even avoiding it.
In Nantes, no assault
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