Armed attack in Dugny: police officer shoots the attacker!

Armed attack in Dugny: police officer shoots the attacker!

In the Paris suburb Dugny, a dramatic incident occurred on Wednesday morning, in which a man armed with two knives was shot by the police. The attacker, who was sitting at a bus stop without a papers before the attack, plunged on the police officers without warning when they arrived, as the Prefecture of Paris announced. Before the armed assault, one of the officials had already used an electric shocker, which, however, had no effect. Thereupon a police officer made use of his service weapon and hit the man on the chest, which led to his death. This incident is part of a worrying trend in France, where knife attacks are repeatedly registered.

Investigations initiated

The police inspection has investigated the use of the service weapon, which is common in the case of such incidents. No terrorist background is suspected of what makes the situation even more explosive, since a 67-year-old was only killed in a presumably Islamist knife attack in Mülhausen near the German border a few days ago. The perpetrator of this incident is an Algerier, which has been rejected as a return, whose return has been rejected by the Algerian authorities in the past, reported krone.at . Such acts of violence raise fundamental questions about security and dealing with potential threats in France.

According to the reports, a total of 36 people were killed in police operations in 2023, which underlines the urgency of the situation. The situation in France is still shaped by shock and concern, especially given the frequency of knife attacks. The sequence of the last attacks in particular leaves the public and the authorities alarmed.