Jean-Louis Prianon, Frédéric Mortier, Alain Nicolas, Arnaud Blanc.
Each loss in combat is a heartbreak for the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN).
But they can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
In its 50 years of existence, the unit has only lost four men on mission.
However, it is mobilized to resolve the most critical and therefore the most dangerous situations.
In Loyada, Orly, Marignane, or more recently Dammartin, in the hunt for the Kouachi brothers, the elite gendarmes had countless opportunities to die.
As they celebrate their half-century of existence this Friday, March 1, they can nevertheless boast an exceptionally low human toll.
“The GIGN is never a first responder
,” explains a gendarme.
This remark is not pejorative.
The elite group is in fact always called in for reinforcement by local police or gendarmerie units.
He is therefore never
“surprised”
by an attack.
With its 50 years of existence, the…
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