“
Ball in the forehead for Éric Masson.
Next target BST
(specialized field brigade, editor's note)
of the 8th
”.
A threatening tag was discovered by a police-rescue patrol on Monday, May 10 in Lyon at around 6.15 a.m.
The message painted in white was written on the walls of the Jean Mermoz school, rue Professeur Ranvier.
To read also: Avignon: Eric M., a policeman and "exemplary" father, killed by a drug trafficker
The inscription makes explicit reference to the murder of Brigadier Éric Masson, shot dead Wednesday evening in Avignon while he was intervening in a street deal, and targets the specialized field brigade of the 8th arrondissement of Lyon, "
which makes a lot of narcotics
», As indicated in
Figaro
Ludovic Cassier, departmental secretary of the Rhône for the unit SGP Police FO union.
"Anti-cop hate"
“
We are shocked but it has become the sad banality of our daily life.
There is an anti-cop hatred and violence towards the national police, whether in gestures or in words,
”laments Ludovic Cassier.
An investigation has been opened according to the Departmental Directorate of Public Security, AFP said, confirming information from the LyonMag site.