A man was fatally shot and neutralised by police on Sunday morning in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (Val-de-Marne) during a police operation over a neighbourhood dispute. The suspect is said to have targeted the law enforcement officers with a handgun.
According to Actu17, the suspect was well known to the police for drug offences and glorification of terrorism.
The attack took place shortly after 6 a.m. on Place Pierre-Semard, near the commune’s RER station and about one kilometre from the police station. According to initial findings, the suspect pointed a handgun at the police officers when they arrived in the common areas of the building and shouted ‘Allah Akbar’. One of the three officers then opened fire and injured the suspect, who was seriously wounded. The emergency services treated him quickly but were unable to resuscitate him. The suspect was in an ‘agitated’ state at the time of the attack, according to a source familiar with the case. Shortly before the police arrived, the 30-year-old is said to have knocked on a neighbour’s door for reasons yet to be clarified. The neighbour then alerted the police. An autopsy will be carried out to determine whether the suspect had been consuming alcohol or drugs at the time of the offence.
Actu17 / Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (94) : un homme menaçant et armé d’un pistolet automatique, braque des policiers en hurlant « Allah Akbar » ; ils tirent et neutralisent mortellement le suspect qui était déjà connu pour apologie du terrorisme (MàJ) – Fdesouche