VIDEO. Pursuit in Seine-Saint-Denis: police open fire in Rosny-sous-Bois

By Dorine Goth Published the updated on August 17, 21 at 19:45News Seine-Saint-Denis See my news

The shooting took place in the middle of the street at the end of the afternoon. Tuesday August 17, 2021, national police bikers used their service weapons in the middle of the street in Rosny-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis). The police were trying to intercept a fleeing vehicle from Val-de-Marne.

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The fleeing driver

The crazy chase started in Nogent-sur-Marne in the Val-de-Marne. According to the municipality, the police tried to put an end to the chase when it arrived at the intersection of Avenue Jean Jaurès and General Leclerc at the level of the pedestrian exit of the station.

As the driver hit a motorcycle, the police opened fire and fired several times. On a video posted on social networks, the two bikers target a Mercedes class A car. The latter engages a reverse gear and flees. "Faced with the driver's attempted forced passage, the police officers were forced to open fire on rue Jean Jaurès", announced Mayor Jean-Paul Fauconnet.

The vehicle was found abandoned shortly after the incident. According to a police source, a man also presented himself injured at the hospital some time after the events. “We do not know for the moment if it is the driver of the vehicle”, she specifies to Actu Seine-Saint-Denis. Two police officers were also slightly injured.

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Three injured

While the video taken from inside a stationary bus shows the panic of the passengers in the face of the shooting, the municipality of Rosny-sous-Bois specifies to Actu Seine-Saint-Denis that no one is injured. lament among passers-by. “There is no longer any immediate danger on the spot”, she assures.

At 6:30 p.m., traffic was still blocked on Avenue Jean Jaurès while waiting for the arrival of the technical and scientific police.

The scene comes the day after a police check in Stains during which two police officers from the Anti-Crime Squad (Bac) opened fire on a driver, seriously injuring the driver and his passenger.

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