Thursday January 28, 2021 around 9 a.m., shots were heard in a Pôle Emploi agency in Valence. According to information from theAFP, an armed man entered the establishment to shoot a Pôle Emploi adviser. As the Dauphiné Liberated, the individual would then have gone, by car, to Faun, a company specializing in waste collection, located 5 kilometers away, in Guilherand-Granges, in Ardèche, on the other bank of the Rhône to attack there the 51-year-old director of human resources, who would have succumbed to his injuries. As reported France blue, the suspect, an engineer from Meurthe-et-Moselle would have worked in this company as an engineer, before being made redundant about ten years ago. The 45-year-old is unknown to police and territorial intelligence and his motives remain unclear for the time being.
The individual then fled by taking a bridge in the opposite direction towards Valence, where his vehicle struck a police car which was in pursuit. The three police officers were also injured instantly, but the man was arrested at 9:30 am. The investigation was then entrusted to the regional judicial police service in Valencia.
Jean-Castex spoke
Prime Minister Jean Castex quickly reacted on Twitter: "The tragedy that occurred in Valence mourns the whole country. To the families and loved ones of the victims, I address my support and assure them of the solidarity of the Nation. My thoughts are with the staff of Pôle emploi in the Drôme, which I share. 'emotion and sadness ", he wrote, as moved as Élisabeth Borne, the Minister of Labor, who also made it known that she would go there in the afternoon before adding : "All my thoughts are with the relatives of the victims and the agents of Pôle emploi".
The tragedy in Valencia leaves the whole country in mourning.
To the families and relatives of the victims, I address my support and assure them of the solidarity of the Nation.
My thoughts are with the staff of Pôle emploi in the Drôme, whose emotion and sadness I share.– Jean Castex (@JeanCASTEX) January 28, 2021
Very moved by the tragedy that took place this morning in Valence, all my thoughts are with the relatives of the victims and the Pôle Emploi agents.
I will be alongside the teams this afternoon to express my full support.
– Elisabeth BORNE (@Elisabeth_Borne) January 28, 2021
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