He should not have refused to give him a cigarette. On Saturday, December 2, at around 10.50 pm, a motorist was stopped by a 25-year-old man who asked him for cigarettes. The pedestrian became angry at the driver’s refusal and threatened him not only verbally but also physically.
He suddenly pulled out two kitchen knives, placed them on the car and explained that he had not taken them to “look good”, but that he would use them. After being reported to the Limoges city police in the area around Place Jourdan, the man was confronted and arrested by the police. In the meantime, he had got rid of the knives by throwing them over the low wall of a residential building.
The municipal officers found two knives with blades 20 and 30 centimetres long in the courtyard of the residential home. Together with the National Police, the municipal officers arrested the attacker, who became increasingly aggressive.
During his transport to the police station, the man spoke “disturbing and radical remarks referring to the Quran and infidel dogs and threatening to plant a bomb at the police station or use a grenade”, according to the police.
(…) Once at the station, he refused to undergo an alcohol test, shouted that a Muslim does not drink alcohol and became increasingly violent. He kicked the police officer who was searching him in the forehead and then bit him on the right bicep. The officer was injured in the arm and was placed on sick leave for seven days. A second police officer was injured when he brought the young man into the cell, who kicked him in the leg and was sent on sick leave for a day. (…) Ouest-France