A woman who threatened to blow herself up was neutralized by the police this Tuesday morning in the RER station Bibliothèque François Mitterrand, learns 20 minutes from consistent sources. The suspect, who was fully veiled, was traveling on board the RER C when she began making death threats and “apological remarks” in the train, indicates a police source.
The suspect was initially spotted on the RER in the commune of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (Val-de-Marne), making comments such as “we are all going to die”, then was reported to again at the François Mitterrand Library station with cries of “Allah akbar” and “everything is going to explode”.
A security perimeter has been set up
Bac officials isolated the suspect while their colleagues evacuated the station. According to our information, the suspect threatened to blow herself up. She refused to obey the orders of the police officers who, fearing for their safety, opened fire. Seriously injured, she was treated on site. The woman’s vital prognosis is in jeopardy, the Paris prosecutor’s office tells us.
A security perimeter has been set up. Minesweepers were dispatched to the scene to carry out checks. At this stage, no explosives have been found. Trains no longer served the station this morning, indicated the SNCF on (formerly Twitter).
Two open investigations
Two investigations are open. One was entrusted to the Paris judicial police for apology, death threats and acts of intimidation against a holder of public authority to prevent him from carrying out his mission. The other, concerning the use of police firearms, was entrusted to the IGPN, the police force.