It was 3 pm on Tuesday October 31 when a person armed with a hatchet appeared at the gate of a business in Chasse-sur-Rhône. The man had threatened several employees of the company with death in the name of Islam, according to an employee at the scene. The gendarmes who were called succeeded in arresting the armed person after he had been overpowered by the policemen with one shot.
According to the newspaper Dauphiné libéré, the perpetrator had told his victims that people “have no respect for Islam” and that he only believed in Allah, and threatened to kill them and cut their throats. He would reveal the perpetrator profile of an unbalanced person. On the morning of the same day, the 31-year-old man had been seen in the industrial area of Chasse-sur-Rhône stopping trucks and cars. The day before, he had been released from 48 hours of police custody and brought before the public prosecutor’s office in Lyon. There he was released under judicial supervision.
In police custody the day before
The Dauphiné Libéré newspaper reports that the 31-year-old suspect had been released from police custody for 48 hours the day before the crime in another case and had been brought before the public prosecutor’s office in Lyon. He had been released under judicial supervision.
The gendarmes used a stun gun and a firearm.
The gendarmes first used a stun gun to subdue the man. However, the man remained threatening and the gendarmes opened fire. He was shot in the thigh before the law enforcement officers used their stun gun two more times.
The fire brigade as well as the Dragon69 helicopter were on the scene.
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I would’ve shot him dead on the spot.