Three police officers from a crew of the anti-crime brigade (BAC) came under fire on Monday, October 25, in the Lyon district of Duchère, which did not cause any injuries, while they monitored drug trafficking, according to the police. prefecture of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. An investigation for attempted homicide has been opened.
“The events that took place this evening at La Duchère [quartier sensible du 9e arrondissement de la ville] are serious, since one or more individuals have deliberately shot at national police “, Pascal Mailhos told the press, specifying that “Fortunately, no one is injured”. The police were targeted during the“A classic point-of-deal surveillance intervention”, said the prefect.
This evening, one or more individuals opened fire against 3 BAC police officers in intervention near a deal point… https://t.co/zY2hlA7z0k
– prefetrhone (@ Prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Rhône region)
“An extremely serious fact”
“We are in a place of very strong dealings and, undoubtedly, it is in connection with actions [contre le trafic de stupéfiants] which took place in recent days, and in particular last week ”, said the representative of the State, adding that research was underway to find the perpetrator (s) of the shootings.
According to the regional daily Progress, the shootings occurred in the early evening, before the neighborhood was cordoned off by the police, who called in reinforcements from the RAID. The mayor of Lyon, Grégory Doucet (Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, EELV), visited the scene. “It is an extremely serious fact since obviously these shots were made to kill”, he told the press.
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, deplored on Tuesday the absence of surveillance cameras in the Duchère district, and sent a letter to the mayor inviting him to install them.
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