The police were conducting an ordinary identity check in Colombes this Friday evening, when a man armed with a knife rushed towards them.
At the same time as he rushed towards the police, the man allegedly shouted "Allahu akbar".
The police responded.
Twice according to the first pieces of information.
A projectile hit the attacker "in the lower abdomen", according to a person close to the case.
Around 7 p.m., half an hour after the incident, the emergency services were still there to try to revive the victim.
Before brandishing his knife, the attacker first threw a bottle in the direction of the police, who then intervened at the corner of boulevard Charles-de-Gaulle and rue des Gros-Grès, in the district of Petit Colombes. .
The one who ran into them was "not concerned by the identity check", according to a police source.
The Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin greeted this evening in a tweet "the coolness of the police officers of Colombes who neutralized a man threatening them with a knife".
I salute the coolness of the Colombes police officers who neutralized a man threatening them with a knife.
More than ever, we must remain vigilant and more than ever, the police are on the front line.
Thank you for their courage.
- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) October 22, 2021
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