This Thursday morning, Gérald Darmanin, followed by Marlène Schiappa, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior, Didier Lallement, Paris Police Prefect and a group of police officers from all Parisian departments and officials from the Ministry of Interior, offered a remarkable visit to Gare du Nord.
After a "journey" in the station, greeted the traders on his way, stroked the "exploding dog" of the police officers of the SUJE (railway security), Gérald Darmanin presented the internal security medal, bronze level, to three police officers " for their bravery" at the station police station.
A menacing man with a 30 cm blade
Monday morning, Gare du Nord therefore, these three officials neutralized a threatening man who had approached them with a knife with a 30 cm blade.
At this early hour, there were travellers.
After summoning him several times to drop his weapon, in vain, the police fired.
The assailant died despite the intervention of the emergency services.
An investigation was opened on the count of attempted voluntary homicide.
The investigations were entrusted to the 2nd DPJ.
The IGPN, the police force, was also seized to determine the conditions of use of their weapon.
The Minister decided not to wait for the conclusions of the investigations of the PJ and the IGPN, the police force, to decorate the three police officers.
"Their courage made it possible to put the attacker out of harm's way and to avoid the worst," insisted Gérald Darmanin.
If the terrorist track was discarded and the psychological profile of the assailant qualified as fragile, the blade of the knife of the assailant included the inscription "ACAB" ("All cops are bastards", in French, "all cops are bastards").
For the police union Alliance, it was “a premeditated act with the sole aim of killing the cop.
On a Twitter account, attributed to the assailant, Stéphane B., 30, it was written: “Whether you like it or not, I have the legal right to kill French police officers.
Gérald Darmanin concluded by recalling that "the police are targets".
