The city of the Capsulerie in Bagnolet is known for its points of sale of narcotic products. – TIPHAINE LE LIBOUX / AFP
- A 32-year-old policeman, who took part in an anti-drug operation Monday in Bagnolet in Seine-Saint-Denis, was lynched by several people.
- He suffered injuries to his face, finger and knee and suffers from migraines. His ITT was not yet known on Wednesday.
- According to a judicial source, two suspects were arrested and taken into custody.
“I was afraid for my life. It is a chilling testimony given by a 32-year-old police officer to his colleagues in charge of registering his complaint, and that 20 minutes was able to consult. On Monday, this official assigned to GSO 75 (operational support group), was lynched by several people while he was participating, alongside six other agents, in an anti-drug operation in the city of the Capsulerie, in Bagnolet (Seine- St Denis). An investigation was opened by the Bobigny prosecutor’s office, entrusted to the Bagnolet police station, in order to find his attackers. According to a judicial source, two suspects were arrested and taken into custody.
During this operation, which targeted dealers in the neighborhood, the official circulates on a scooter and must lend a hand to his colleagues intervening on foot. Suddenly, the signal is given to stop a man who is fleeing. The police are chasing him. On his two-wheeler, the victim agent remains alone in the middle of the city. Hood over his head, a young man in his twenties comes up to him and shouts: “Smoke him, he’s a schmitt, kill him son of a bitch!” Other people surround him and kick him to try and knock him down. He accelerates and tries to move away under a shower of stones. But it falls a little further “because of the gravel”.
“Penalty-type kicks in the head”
He then receives “lots of blows” to the head, chest, legs. “I heard, ‘Kill him, he’s a dirty cop dog, kill him!’ »At that moment, the policeman realizes that his« life is in danger and that they are determined in their violence ». He manages to get up and tries to flee on foot in the direction of the rue de la Capsulerie. He glances behind him and sees several people picking up his scooter. He turns around and wants to prevent them from stealing his scooter. He sends them “a few punches and kicks” but he quickly finds himself “thrown to the ground” and is “lynched”. “I continued to receive penalty kicks in the head. “
The blows are coming “from all sides”. “I’m trying to get up but it’s extremely complicated. “He hears:” We’re going to smoke you, we’re going to die. “Taking advantage of the arrival of one of his colleagues, the policeman tries to get up and finds himself facing a man holding” two pieces of wood in his hands “and who advances towards him threatening to” smoke him “. “. The official jumps on him to avoid being hit. But two other individuals manage to “put him to the ground” and “smash” him. He then begins to lose consciousness, remembering just having received a knee blow in “the head”. “What saved me was the chin guard on the helmet which lessened the shock. “
” Black hole “
The sequence of events is “hazy”. “I don’t know what happened, a real black hole. The policeman is “KO”, can “do nothing more”. He just remembers the arrival in the city of his colleagues from CSI 93 who manage to extract him and put an end to this scene of violence. The scooter could be recovered but the keys were stolen. The victim is then taken to the police station to be examined by the fire brigade. She suffered injuries to her face, finger and knee and suffers from migraine. His ITT (total impossibility of work) was not yet known on Wednesday.