This Saturday in Saint-Etienne (Loire), two men in their thirties, one of whom was armed, pretended to be police officers and did not hesitate to pat passers-by, we learn.
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While they had just stolen a phone from an elderly person in front of the Lycée Etienne Mimmard in Saint-Etienne, police officers from the BAC intervened to arrest them. One surrendered immediately, while the other fled. Several shots are then exchanged. The man on the run is injured, but manages to escape, still on foot in the direction of Place Chavanelle, in downtown Saint-Etienne.
Vital prognosis engaged
The police in place on the demonstration against the health pass and compulsory vaccination are called in as reinforcements. They find the trace of the injured man in a building in the Place Antonin Moine. After more shots, he was arrested. Injured in the legs and lower abdomen, he was taken to hospital with his vital prognosis engaged. He was in stable condition this Sunday.
The two accomplices were taken into custody. They are being prosecuted for identity theft, attempted extortion with a weapon and attempted murder of a person holding public authority. The IGPN, the general inspectorate of the national police, was also seized.