Phone call and heatstroke.
This Thursday, it was around 5 a.m. when a nurse at Sainte-Anne hospital (Paris 14th arrondissement) received a very worrying call.
On the line, a man who says he wants to end his life at Lariboisière hospital (Paris Xe) “taking as many people as possible” with him.
He punctuates his threats by repeatedly shouting “Allahu akbar”.
The emergency call platform of the police headquarters is taking the situation seriously and the night service of the Paris metropolitan area is sending patrols to the area around the Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) site. who station themselves in front of the various entrances to the hospital.
Police officers are also scanning the streets in the area.
At the same time, law enforcement is trying to geolocate the call.
Surveillance in transport
Around 6 a.m., the author of this call was located thanks to the boundaries.
It is… 350 km away.
In the city of Poitiers (Vienne), exactly.
The local police are contacted and are not surprised.
They know this man well, described as “accustomed to the facts”.
The public prosecutor's office was alerted and as the suspect was not present in Paris, the system around the Lariboisière hospital was lifted.
Despite all the information and a report of this man is transmitted to the transport police in case he wishes to go to Paris.
Earlier, in the evening of this Wednesday, a man making incoherent remarks and also repeating "Allahu akbar" while trying to strangle a person, and hitting another was arrested at the corner of Boulevard de Belleville and of rue des Couronnes (Paris 20th century).
He also tried to steal knives from a butcher's shop.
Arrested, he was admitted to the psychiatric infirmary of the police headquarters (I3P) after an initial examination.