A 13-year-old child was accidentally shot in the abdomen by the police in Tulcea, after the bullet fired by them bounced, legal sources told G4Media. Law enforcement officers were following a driver who had broken the law.
UPDATE Ora 20:00 An official police statement was issued following the accident:
During the day of December 11 this year, a police officer from the Tulcea County Police Inspectorate, Road Service, notified by call 112 an incident in Turcoaia, Tulcea County.
In fact, the policemen of the Tulcea National and European Roads Bureau, while carrying out their service activities in the area of Turcoaia locality, Tulcea county, allegedly stopped a driver in traffic, who did not have a driving license. He fled the traffic stop.
While pursuing the driver, one of the police officers fired warning shots vertically and subsequently at the person in question, causing injuries to the ankle of a lower limb.
Also, after the gunfire, one of the bullets allegedly bounced off, hitting a 13-year-old minor, who was on a side street.
The support of the ambulance crews was requested for the provision of medical care to the two persons concerned.
Investigations revealed that the man being pursued was also being investigated for driving without a license, also today, at the time of stopping in traffic, being under the influence of alcoholic beverages with a concentration of 0.37 mg / liter of pure alcohol in expired air.
The police are still investigating.
initial news
The child was on a bicycle when police fired. The injured child was transported by ambulance to the Galati County Hospital for surgery, but after the first evaluation he is not in a serious condition. The bullet bounced off the pavement into the pillar and from the pillar into the child’s abdomen.
According to G4Media sources, the police officers from the road service of IPJ Tulcea made a regular signal to stop a car whose driver, known not to have a driving license, did not stop at the signal.
Shortly after chasing him, the driver got out of the car, trying to escape. That was the reason why a police officer fired a gun in the vertical as well as in his direction, injuring his ankle.
The driver was given medical care on the spot. Following the checks, according to G4Media sources, it was established that the policeman fired 10 gunshots (6 vertically and 4 in the direction of the perpetrator).
The news is being updated
photo source: Facebook / Romanian Police
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