An individual was arrested after entering the gendarmerie barracks of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (Var) during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, we learned 20 minutes with Samuel Finielz, the public prosecutor of Toulon, confirming initial information fromNews 17.
The 19-year-old young man tried “to break into homes, and did several until he found a door left open and entered the home of a gendarme who lived with his family,” continues the magistrate, who specifies that he was not armed. A violent altercation followed with the gendarme, before the young man was arrested. “It is correct that he shouted “Allahu Akbar” several times and also indicated “I am here for justice”,” confirms the prosecutor.
The individual was quickly placed in compulsory hospitalization and “obviously suffers from a psychiatric disorder”, adds Samuel Finielz. The attacked gendarme had his injuries assessed at five days ITT. An investigation into intrusion into a military compound, home invasion, violence against a person holding public authority and rebellion has been opened.