The facts occurred Monday, November 22, shortly after 7 p.m., in the Petit Caporal district, in Saint-Nazaire.
A security patrol of the BAC encountered the hostility of two individuals during a banal police check in a building hall.
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A joint in his mouth, one of the two men would have first declared:
"nobody controls me here"
, according to
Ouest France
, which reported the affair
e
.
There followed an altercation between the police and the two individuals during which one of them allegedly fled by nudging an official.
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In pursuit of him, the police found themselves face to face with two rabid dogs of the American Staffordshire terrier breed, without muzzles. The fugitive, who is none other than the master of the two animals, would have ordered them to attack the police and
"kill" them
, still according to
Ouest France
. A policeman was bitten but was quickly freed from the animal's embrace with the help of his colleague.
Two police patrols called in as reinforcements finally made it possible to secure the area and to arrest the main suspect, a 26-year-old man.
The latter was taken into custody for contempt and repeated rebellion, willful violence against a person holding public authority with a weapon - his dogs in this case - and use of narcotics.
Contacted this Wednesday morning, the Saint-Nazaire prosecutor's office confirmed to
Le Figaro
that an investigation was underway.
