A police car in Lille.

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A man armed with a knife, suspected of having committed a murder, was shot dead by the police in Éragny, in Val-d'Oise, this Friday around 5 p.m., learns

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corroborating

sources, confirming information from 'Europe 1.

According to our information, municipal police officers from Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines) were first threatened by this individual who was near a decapitated body.

He fled before being shot by BAC agents in the neighboring town of Eragny, allée des Bergeronnettes.

A knife and a gun were found near him.

For now, his motivations are not known.

The Cergy-Pontoise judicial police went to the site.

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