A policeman severely injured a person close to Toulouse on Saturday night, by taking pictures at him along with his service weapon in order that he stops hitting one among his colleagues, the prosecution stated on Sunday night. “Hit within the chest”, then “hospitalized in absolute emergency”, this man in his forties stays in intensive care and his days are nonetheless at risk, explains in a press launch the public prosecutor de Toulouse, David Charmatz.
Saturday night, these two gendarmes went to the house of this “accused” for “acts of home violence”, in Escalquens, about fifteen kilometers south-east of Toulouse, specifies David Charmatz.
Son of taking pictures sufferer taken into custody
After they arrived, he “attacked” the gendarmes “verbally, then bodily within the stairwell of the constructing, forcing them to retreat to the bottom flooring the place he pursued them,” he provides.
“There, regardless of using the electrical pulse gun, he rushed in the direction of the gendarmes who had been blocked within the exit hatch, grabbing and hitting one among them a number of instances. He continued regardless of the warnings” from the colleague of the attacked gendarme, “which led her to make use of her service weapon”, in keeping with the press launch.
The son of the taking pictures sufferer, aged 15, “who admitted to having participated within the violence”, was initially taken into police custody. His police custody “was lifted in the course of the evening, given the crucial scenario of his father”, however “might, if essential, be resumed at a later date”, additional signifies David Charmatz.
The general public prosecutor’s workplace opened a primary investigation for “intentional violence with a weapon by an individual holding public authority”, together with the listening to of the troopers, “with out custody measures for the gendarme who fired”. He additionally opened an investigation towards the taking pictures sufferer for “home violence” and for “intentional violence” towards the gendarmes.
