The RAID was called around 2 am in the night from Friday to Saturday to help a seven month pregnant woman in Saint-Brieuc (Côtes d'Armor).
The woman is the victim of her brother's dementia, who has taken her hostage and threatens her with a 12-inch knife.
According to
France Bleu
, the young woman's companion is present, as is their one-year-old son.
The companion tries to intervene and blows are exchanged.
The police were finally called and arrived at the scene around midnight.
The respondent suffering from schizophrenia and attacks of dementia, the police requested the intervention of the RAID, which presented itself at the bottom of the apartment around 2 am.
On their arrival in the accommodation, the police of the elite unit see the man trying to escape by approaching the balcony.
He was arrested and then hospitalized in a psychiatric unit.
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