The Saint-Brieuc public prosecutor's office opened a flagrant investigation after the assault of a police officer, injured in the eye after being the victim of a projectile fired with a "
paintball type weapon
" on Friday evening, a-t -we learned on Saturday from a judicial source.
According to the public prosecutor, while the policeman was "
visibly on a roadside check
" in Saint-Brieuc, he was at the end of the operation "
victim of a shot from a projectile which injured in the eye
".
The projectile came from a "
weapon that fires paintball-type bullets
", the prosecutor told AFP, adding that "
several explosions were heard
".
According to the magistrate, the injured policeman was granted 5 days of total incapacity for work (ITT).
The shooter not yet identified
While the Saint-Brieuc police station was seized in the act, investigators are currently trying to identify the perpetrator, according to the prosecutor, who underlines
the “extreme gravity
” of the acts committed.
According to Nicolas Heitz, the investigators are currently carrying out "
technical police measures to verify where the shot came from and who could be the person behind this shot
".
"
A flagrant investigation (was) immediately opened given the extreme gravity of these facts, under the direction of the Saint-Brieuc prosecution
," said Nicolas Heitz.
The public prosecutor of Saint-Brieuc specifies that these are "
acts of violence aggravated because committed with a weapon on a person holding public authority
", having resulted in a total incapacity for work of less than 8 days.
The Unsa Police union reacted to AFP and strongly condemned this act, hoping "
a quick arrest of the author and that he be heavily condemned
".
