The circumstances of the drama are still unclear. Sunday around 6:45 p.m., an off-duty policeman was seriously injured with a stabbing weapon following an altercation with several individuals while he was in the Parisian shopping center Italie 2 (13th arrondissement) with his partner. Affected in the abdomen, he was rushed to hospital with absolute urgency, learned 20 minutes from police sources.
According to the first elements of the investigation, this official of the direction of the security of proximity of the Parisian agglomeration (DSPAP), aged 29 and affected in the 19th arrondissement, had a dispute with several young people for a reason which yet to be determined. His function as a police officer was, a priori, not known to the aggressors before the brawl. According to a police source, the victim had his service weapon on him and would have taken it out without it being known at the present time whether it was before or after the assault.
A man suspected of being the perpetrator was arrested in the early evening. According to the same source, he admitted to having thrown the knife in front of the mall. A search of his home is underway. “The Prefect of Police gives his full support to the off-duty DSPAP policeman seriously injured by stabbing,” tweeted the Paris police headquarters. The Paris public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into the head of attempted voluntary homicide, entrusted to the 3rd district of the judicial police.