A new refusal to comply in Paris.
Police officers opened fire six times on Wednesday January 4 on a vehicle, during a long chase started in the 2nd arrondissement, and ended in the Balard district (15th arrondissement).
The driver was arrested after sustaining an ankle injury,
Le Figaro
learned .
The facts begin around 2:30 p.m., when a sedan is driving in the wrong direction.
Two police motorcyclists, who witnessed the scene, signaled to him to stop on rue Saint-Denis.
The driver then refuses to comply, and rushes at high speed towards the west of Paris.
On its way, it hits many vehicles, putting pedestrians and cyclists at risk.
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There were no injuries
," we are told, however.
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The fugitive crashed into a bus.
Police source
Faced with the danger that the driver represented, the police fired six shots in the direction of the vehicle, and deployed a barrage to stop it.
Arriving in the 15th arrondissement after a ten-minute chase, the individual crashed into a bus, then fled on foot.
He was finally stopped rue Cauchy by agents, in possession of "
300 grams of grass
", we learned.
An investigation entrusted to the local reception and investigation service (SAIP) of the 15th arrondissement has been opened.