A migrant was shot and life-threatening after being shot by a police officer when the vehicle carrying him forced a police roadblock in Sospel (Alpes-Maritimes) on Tuesday night to Wednesday, we learned from a police source.
A migrant was shot and life-threatening after being hit by a police officer when the vehicle carrying him forced a police roadblock towards Sospel (Alpes-Maritimes) overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, a we learned from a police source. Around 2:00 a.m., the van carrying several migrants forced a roadblock towards Sospel, a town located near the Italian border.
A chase has begun
A chase then began in the direction of Nice and the van forced at least another roadblock before coming to a stop in the Moulins district, a sensitive district of Nice, where the driver and his two acolytes took the escape, leaving five migrants on board.
Among these five migrants discovered in the van, one was wounded by bullets and his “vital prognosis was engaged this night”, specified DDSP (Departmental Directorate of Public Security) of the Alpes-Maritimes to AFP. Another “uninjured” person was taken care of by the emergency services.
The border police “used force” and “there were shots from officials”, confirmed the DDSP. The general inspectorate of the national police (IGPN) was seized of this file, as is systematically the case in the event of use of his service weapon by a police officer, we learned from the prosecutor of the Republic of Nice, Xavier Bonhomme.