Police fired on Sunday in Paris at a vehicle that tried to hit them, killing two occupants of the vehicle and injuring a third, we learned from a police source, on the evening of the French presidential election.
The facts took place in the center of the capital. According to the first elements collected, according to this same police source, the vehicle was driving in the wrong direction when the police wanted to control it. He then allegedly ran into the officers who used their weapon, it was added.
A large police force was in place and officers were busy around a body on the ground, covered with a white sheet, in the light of street lamps.
These events occurred on the Pont-Neuf, in the center of Paris. A few hours before the incident, some 2,000 supporters of Emmanuel Macron had celebrated his victory on the Champ de Mars, located regarding two kilometers away.
Witnesses tell
An Egyptian tourist reported on the spot that they were on the terrace at the Hôtel du Cheval Blanc overlooking the Seine, located at the top of the Samaritaine department store, when the facts occurred: “I heard shooting four bullets. When I looked, I saw a man running ten fifteen meters. Then he collapsed. Apparently he was not the driver, he was a passenger.
A 24-year-old student was leaving the restaurant with a friend when he heard gunshots. “We went outside for a little walk. Then we heard gunshots. We thought it was firecrackers. In fact, it turns out it was more serious than that,” he said. -he tells.
The Paris prosecutor arrived around 1:30 a.m. on the spot. The police control body was seized, as is systematically the case as soon as a policeman uses his weapon, and an investigation for “attempted intentional homicide on persons holding public authority” has been opened.
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