A man arrested for stabbing a police officer in Brive

A policeman.

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The guards of this shopping arcade in Brive (Corrèze) suspected the individual of theft, and had made a report to the police because of his threatening attitude.

As the police approached on Saturday around 2:30 p.m., the suspect exhibited a knife and stabbed a police officer several times in the chest, a police source said.

Protected by his jacket, the latter was not injured.

The young man has been in custody since Saturday

One of the police officers used his electric pulse pistol (taser) during the arrest The Brive public prosecutor's office confirmed on Sunday the custody and ongoing investigations, without at first giving more details on the facts or the profile of the suspect.

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• Limousin

• Police officer

• Brive

• Stab

• Society

• Violence