He had holed up at home for long hours, requiring the intervention of the GIGN.
A CRS officer was indicted for attempted homicide of his partner on Sunday, we learned on Wednesday from the Dijon public prosecutor's office.
The police officer, member of a Republican Security Company (CRS), was placed in pre-trial detention after physically attacking his wife, without using his weapon, the prosecution told AFP.
“The injuries observed on the victim are not extremely serious,” the same source specifies.
The police officer has no history of domestic violence and no complaint had previously been filed by the victim, according to the prosecution.
The CRS is suspected of having attacked his partner on Sunday during an argument at the couple's home in the village of Laperrière-sur-Saône (425 inhabitants, Côte d'Or).
The wife managed to escape, the police officer retreating into his home, which provoked the intervention of the elite GIGN unit in Dijon.
After long hours of negotiation, the husband finally surrendered on Sunday evening before being placed in police custody, a source close to the case said.