A policeman who took refuge in his home Monday in Sarnois (Oise) leading to the intervention of the GIGN died on the night of Monday to Tuesday, December 21 after being injured with his service weapon, we learned from gendarmes and the prosecution.
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Monday, around 9 a.m., “the emergency services were called by a man in his forties“, Officer of the border police of the Oise who”made suicidal comments“And was”entrenched in his home where he lived alone“, Indicated the prefecture of Oise and the parquet of Beauvais in a joint statement. This threatened “to open fire” in case “intervention of the police or rescue near his house“.
The gendarmerie forces “immediately went there and set up a security perimeter“, Explained the prosecution and the prefecture. The inhabitants of Sarnois “residing within this perimeter could be accommodated in the village hall“, They added.
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“The various attempts to make contact during the day with the individual concerned were unsuccessful“, Consequently “the intervention of the intervention group of the national gendarmerie (GIGN) was requested at the end of the afternoon“. After entering the home “the gendarmes noted around 8:30 p.m. that the person concerned had injured himself with his service weapon, probably well before the intervention of the GIGN“, According to the press release.
“He was still alive despite the fact that he suffered a gunshot wound“The gendarmerie told AFP. The death “was found overnight from Monday to Tuesday“, According to this source.