Police officers in the city center of Marseille (photo of illustration). - G. Bottino / Sopa Images / SIPA

A 20-year-old police officer committed suicide on Monday evening at the Noailles police station in Marseille, we learned from a police source. This young security assistant, assigned to the Center division of Marseille, killed himself with his service weapon in the locker room of the police station.

According to the daily La Provence , he had a successful competition of peacekeeper. This young man was assigned to the night service of the Noailles police station, after being escorted by the tribunal de grande instance.

It is with great sadness that we deplore the suicide of one of our colleagues assigned to the Center Division of #Marseille.
All our thoughts go out to his family, loved ones and colleagues.

- National Police 13 (@ PoliceNat13) June 30, 2020

"All our thoughts go out to his family, loved ones and colleagues," said the Bouches-du-Rhône Department of Public Security on Twitter. She passed her logo in black and white and added a black band in tribute to this young man.

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