The police were trying to arrest a suspected thief who had just snatched the chain from a passerby, when they were surrounded and lynched by a crowd of people. The suspect managed to flee. At least two police officers are injured. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin reacted to this affair.
Three police officers from the interdepartmental public transport security service (SISTC) were attacked this Wednesday evening in the La Guillotière district of Lyon (7th) by a crowd of people, while they were arresting a thief. presumed. The scene of violence was filmed and these barely believable images were broadcast on social networks. At least two of the three police officers are injured.
The facts occurred on Place Gabriel-Péri, in front of a Casino supermarket, around 7:30 p.m. The police set off in pursuit of a man who had just committed a robbery. The latter would have torn the chain from a passerby. At the time of the arrest and as they tried to subdue the suspect, the civil servants in civilian clothes were surrounded and violently beaten by about twenty people.
On these amateur videos, it is possible to see attackers punching and kicking. One uses a stick to hit the officers. Others launch projectiles. One of the perpetrators even uses tear gas against the police. The police are obviously trying to drag their arrested into the store to take shelter, in vain. This one is “liberated” by the crowd and manages to flee.
🔴 Lyon : Trois policiers encerclés et attaqués par la foule lors d'une interpellation à La Guillotière
►Ils tentaient d'interpeller l'auteur présumé d'un vol à l'arraché de la chaîne d'un passanthttps://t.co/yTlPZSdzp3 pic.twitter.com/rCevmN3pnT— Actu17 (@Actu17) July 21, 2022
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7 and 2 days of ITT
At least two of the three officers were injured. The policewoman was awarded 7 days of total incapacity for work (ITT), and one of her colleagues two days.
An investigation has been opened and the alleged thief – who has been identified – is wanted. According to Matthieu Valet, spokesman for the Independent Union of Police Commissioners (SICP), this man is “interdicted” in France and already “known to the police” .
“All means are mobilized to challenge the perpetrators”
“Full support for our 3 police officers who were victims of unbearable violence in Lyon during an operation to take back the ground from delinquency” , reacted the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, on Twitter, this Thursday morning. “At my request, all means are mobilized to arrest the perpetrators. To attack a police officer is to attack the Republic.”
“Nothing can justify the violence against national police officers in the Guillotière district. They have my support” , reacts the EELV mayor of Lyon, Grégory Doucet, on Twitter. “The City of Lyon is mobilizing to advance the investigation. We will continue to act to ensure public tranquility in our city”.
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