A training exercise involving soldiers from the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment turned into a dangerous incident on Thursday morning in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne). A 24-year-old man, who had been following the soldiers whilst making threats and shouting religious slogans, then stripped naked and entered private property not far from the Jardin des Plantes. Two police officers were injured during his arrest.
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The young man began to follow the group very closely. One hand remained hidden in his bum bag. In broken French, he repeated threats against the soldiers several times before shouting: “Allah akbar” (Allah is great in Arabic).
The situation then escalates completely. In the middle of the street, the man stripped naked and entered the garden of a private property on Impasse d’Angleterre. Alarmed by this intrusion and the threats against the military, local and national police officers quickly converged on the area. The arrest proved difficult from the outset. The man refused to be searched and put up violent resistance. A scuffle with the police ensued.