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Sacred fright for the morning passengers of line 15. As their bus passed the Confluence in the direction of Lyon on the urban boulevard M7 (former A7 motorway) around 8:30 a.m., an altercation broke out in the back of the vehicle.
The aggressor brandishes a knife and wounds his victim, as confirmed by several sources familiar with the matter at Le
Figaro
.
The other travelers take refuge at the front of the bus to get to safety, while the armed man instructs the driver to open the rear doors for him, on this very busy axis.
Arrived on the asphalt, the suspect tries to steal a vehicle to escape, but he is prevented by an off-duty policeman and a truck driver.
A police crew arrived as reinforcements managed to arrest him, not without difficulty.
The police had to use an electric pulse gun to control him, as explained by a source familiar with the matter at Le
Figaro
.
Slightly injured, the police officer had to be taken to the hospital by the firefighters.
The truck driver and the man attacked in the bus were also taken care of by the emergency services and taken to the hospital for one of them.
The off-duty policeman congratulated by the prefect
The prefect of the Rhône, Fabienne Buccio, welcomed
"the intervention of an off-duty police officer this morning on the M7 following a brawl in a bus to control an individual armed with a knife"
.
The investigation is continuing to try to understand the precise sequence of events.
The hearing of the bus driver, the passengers as well as the exploitation of the video surveillance of the vehicle should make it possible to know more.
The TCL network operator, Keolis, for its part, welcomes the reaction of the driver, who was able to bring the passengers to safety.
Traffic was severely disrupted by these events.
