He had attacked him with a knife inside the police station.
The man who slightly injured a police officer on Tuesday in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) was indicted on Thursday for “attempted murder of a person holding public authority” and placed in pre-trial detention, France Bleu La Rochelle learned with the prosecutor.
A judicial investigation has been opened.
The events occurred on Tuesday around 12:30 p.m. at the reception of the police station, where the official was responsible for collecting complaints.
According to two union sources, the attacker, described as "very agitated", had "refused to sit down".
He then attacked the police officer with a knife, lightly injuring him on the lip, neck and a finger, “cuts” described as “superficial” by a police source.
The victim was “evacuated by the firefighters without serious injury”, indicated Arnaud Laraize, public prosecutor in La Rochelle.
Controlled using a taser and arrested, the individual was placed in police custody.
A French national, he has no criminal record.