The individual had injured a man with a firearm in the early morning, which prompted the intervention of the GIGN.
After six hours of siege, the man who had entrenched in a business in Molay-Littry (Calvados) this Friday morning died, after injuring a man, announced the prefect of Calvados on September 2.
Around 8 a.m., a father injured a man with a gun near the Maison de la Presse before taking refuge in a real estate agency. The gendarmes of the department quickly arrived on the spot, relayed around 10:30 am by the local branch of the GIGN in Caen, then by the central branch in Versailles.
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During a reconnaissance of the real estate agency, the GIGN discovered around 2:30 p.m. the lifeless body of the madman. The reasons for his action are unknown at this time. No hostages were present.
The security perimeter set up has been reduced to the sole investigation area, announced the prefect, and the surrounding schools and colleges which had been confined are no longer confined.
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