Threatening police officers with an ax during a traffic check, a man was slightly injured on Sunday at midday in Lyon by gunshots by the police, we learned from a police source confirming a Progress information. According to the regional daily, he is around forty years old.
The facts took place around noon in the ninth arrondissement on the Quai Arloing, shortly after police in a vehicle asked a motorist to stop to carry out "a standard roadside check," it was said. The driver did not stop.
Police intervention quai Arloing, in Lyon 9e.
A man in his forties was reportedly wounded by a bullet.https: //t.co/VayIvM2ISa pic.twitter.com/SriKCT9Ard
Man hit in one arm and groin
“There was then a small chase and the vehicle came to a stop further and the driver got out, carrying an ax, and went towards the police, brandishing it. The officials dismounted and retaliated with their service weapons, "it was said.
Touched on an arm and groin according to the same source, the man was taken care of "in relative emergency" by the firefighters, said the latter. The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) was seized after the use of weapons by police officers, under the procedure, according to the same police source.