A 44-year-old man was shot and injured by police in the middle of Montparnasse station in Paris this Friday, November 14, we learn Release from police sources. Based on the information we obtained, the man then injured himself with a knife after making threats against his ex-wife and son. The suspect is currently in emergency and his life is in danger, police sources said. Another person, a 53-year-old man who was an additional victim, was shot in the leg and was treated by emergency services.
Contacted, the Paris prosecutor’s office indicated it had done so “informed at least one shot was fired at Montparnasse station”. “It appears from the first report to the prosecution that a man born in May 1981, originally from Rennes, was expected at the station by police officers, as part of a domestic violence investigation carried out by the Kremlin-Bicêtre police station.” “Exhibiting a knife when he arrived at the station, he was shot in the leg by a police officer from the railway brigade, and then stabbed himself in the throat. He was immediately treated by emergency services.”
Two investigations were opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office. The first targets knife users, for “attempted murder of a person in a position of public authority”. Others are entrusted to the IGPN and relate to the context of the use of their weapons by police officers. “The circumstances of the use of these weapons are still unknown”said a police source Release.
Another police source explained Release that the incident occurred at 14.35. and that the suspect, in the context of a family conflict, was threatened “went to his ex-wife’s house and damaged her physical integrity”. Although the authorities were aware of this threat, a police force was formed at Montparnasse station.
At the location, a witness, Kevin, 33, explained to Release that he was on his way to his train leaving for Rennes when he saw him “Someone got gassed, then two shots, then nothing. People started running, I turned around”. He saw “a man lay on the ground, bleeding”. Nadia, 40, was looking at a bulletin board with a colleague when she heard it “Super loud screams like someone was screaming but couldn’t seem to control his anger. We saw a crowd in front of the track, we heard two gunshots, I ducked, grabbed my stunned partner’s hand, and we started running..
Based on the information we obtained, platforms 1 to 9 of the station are still completely closed to the public but traffic is starting to flow smoothly. Several dozen police officers and soldiers from the Vigipirate plan were on the scene. For its part, SNCF shows that such traffic “a little disturbed”without further details for now on possible delays to trains departing and arriving at Montparnasse station.
Renew : at 16.29, additional elements of the Paris prosecutor’s office and police sources.
