“
This morning, around 7:15 am, I was in the basilica, when a bald man of 30, with a large forehead, took out a weapon.
I heard noises like shots, people started running, I hid near the candles…
”: punctuating her story with“
my God, my God
”, Marie-Thérèse, a 70-year-old parishioner, recounts he terrorist attack which has just targeted the faithful and a priest at the Sacred Heart, during the morning mass.
At the end of the line, Thomas, an experienced officer who has seventeen years of seniority at the PJ, does not cut him off.
Like his colleagues, he knows the fragility of a testimony produced under what experts call “
the stunning effect
”.
Unrolling methodically his outline of questions relating to the reporting and arming of the author, his direction of flight or even possible cries of the type "
Allah akbar
", this policeman raises his voice, wants to be reassuring.
Helmet screwed on the ears, computer screen under the eyes, he records everything on a sheet,
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