On Wednesday evening, around 7 p.m., three plainclothes security guards from the RATP Network Protection and Security Group (GPSR) were the target of a young individual armed with a knife on the line 3 platform. , at the Porte de Bagnolet stop (20th), in Paris, we learned this Friday, February 25 from a police source, confirming information from the
Parisian
.
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The three officers had just finished a day of training and were about to take the metro home when they saw a young woman on the platform grappling with a man who was visibly trying to snatch her purse.
They immediately assisted the victim, putting the attacker to flight.
Dissatisfied, the latter finally followed them in the metro and it was on the platform of the Porte de Bagnolet station that the situation degenerated.
“The protagonist pulled out a bladed weapon with a 15 to 20 cm blade and stabbed one of the officers in the thigh
,” explains the police source.
Despite everything, he was subdued by the three officers, disarmed and handcuffed.
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Warned, the police quickly arrived on the scene to proceed to the arrest of the accused.
At the same time, Ménilmontant firefighters took care of the injured agent.
The latter, who has since lodged a complaint, was transported to the Tenon hospital, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, where he received five stitches.
7 days of temporary interruption of work (ITT) were also prescribed for him.
The suspect, who claims to be a minor and of North African origin, was taken into custody at the police station on rue de l'Evangile (18th).
He is being prosecuted for "wilful violence with a weapon".