In one of the shopping centers in Paris, there was a mass panic after the suicide of a man, people probably mistook his fall from a height for the sound of gunshots.
Sources: TV channel BMF TVagency Reuters
Details: In the shopping center “4 Temps” in the Parisian quarter of La Défense, an unknown man decided to commit suicide by jumping from the second floor.
The sound of the fall was likely mistook by the visitors for the sound of gunshots, which caused mass panic. People began to run out into the street in a hurry, according to BMF TV.
Subsequently, a suicide in the shopping center of the French capital, which caused a short-term panic, was confirmed by law enforcement officers, writes Reuters.
The police denied the rumors that began to spread on social networks that there were allegedly shots in the institution.
Law enforcement officers urged people to temporarily avoid the La Defense area, where the tragedy occurred.
