The life of a police officer is in danger was attacked with a knife today in Chapelle-sur-Erdre, near Nantes (western France).
The suspect escapes, as it became known from the Gendarmerie.
According to a source, “her life is in danger”. “I can confirm that the municipal police officer was attacked by me knife“, Said a representative of the Gendarmerie to the French Agency.
The perpetrator allegedly escaped on foot, according to a source in the French Agency. Reuters reported, citing its own sources, that the perpetrator initially escaped in a car, but had an accident and the perpetrator was forced to continue on foot.
In La Chapelle-sur-Erde, very close to #Nantes, a municipal policewoman was seriously injured. A man entered the premises of the police station and stabbed him several times. An important device has been deployed, including the GIGN. pic.twitter.com/nxMIbJMITg
– News Nantes (@actu_nantes) May 28, 2021
The perpetrator has stolen the police officer’s weapon, BFM TV reported.
Police are guarding schools in the area, according to Reuters and Agence France-Presse, as well as the Athens News Agency.
“Children are confined inside the city’s school and college buildings,” a municipal official confirmed to AFP.
ALERT – Knife attack in the premises of the municipal police in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, near Nantes. A policewoman was seriously injured by an individual who fled with his service weapon. The GIGN is being deployed (Ouest-France). pic.twitter.com/a1zf47F4F2
– French Info (@InfosFrancaises) May 28, 2021
Eighty gendarmes have been deployed to locate the perpetrator, as well as two helicopters, three teams of police dogs and a motorized detachment of the Gendarmerie.
“Avoid the area and strictly follow the instructions of the gendarmes,” the Gendarmerie warned via Twitter.
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