A 30-year-old armed with a knife was killed by the gendarmes on the night of Wednesday to Thursday in Vougy (Haute-Savoie) as he "rushed"
on
them, leaving his home where they had been called in to intervene, announced the parquet floor of Bonneville.
The Research Section of Chambéry and the General Inspectorate of the National Gendarmerie were seized, to "
investigate the facts that triggered the intervention
" and "
the conditions of the opening of fire
".
Schizophrenic individual
Alerted by a local resident "
indicating that an individual armed with a knife, schizophrenic and screaming was trying to return
" to his home, the gendarmes were first "
attacked
" by this man who "
sprayed them in the face with bleach
”.
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They "
replied
" with a shot from an electric pulse pistol and a shot from a defense bullet launcher (LBD), before this 39-year-old man, "
unfavorably known to the gendarmerie services
", took refuge in his home and lit “
a fire
”, which the gendarmes tried to put out with a fire extinguisher.
Summoned to go out and “
screaming
” at the gendarmes “
kill me!
“, he
then “
rushed ” on them, “
knife in hand
”.
The gendarmes then fired an LBD and then used their weapons, touching him "
mortally in the abdomen
", detailed the prosecution, specifying that the two soldiers, who were placed in police custody, were equipped with pedestrian cameras.
