Two police officers shot and wounded two people who refused to be checked in their vehicle on the night of Sunday 15 to Monday 16 August in Stains (Seine-Saint-Denis) and were themselves wounded, learned the AFP corroborating sources.
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The IGPN (General Inspectorate of the National Police) was seized of the investigation, opened for "
refusal to comply
" and "
attempted homicide on a person holding public authority
", told AFP on Bobigny parquet.
The judicial police of Seine-Saint-Denis were jointly seized.
The four hospitalized protagonists
Monday August 16 around 1:30 am, a crew of the BAC (anti-crime brigade) tried to control a vehicle occupied by a man and a passenger, Boulevard Maxime Gorki in Stains, detailed to AFP a source close to the investigation .
The car comes to a stop first near the police, then reverses to try to get out of control.
One of the officials then tries to enter the passenger compartment of the vehicle to stop it, but it moves forward, according to this source.
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An amateur video, broadcast and widely shared on social networks, shows the two agents then repeatedly firing at the car, with their service weapon. "
The driver and passenger were taken to hospital with a life-threatening prognosis
," said Laëtitia Vallar, spokesperson for the prefecture of police, in an online video. The two police officers "
also injured
" during the operation "
were taken to hospital
", she added.