Illustration of the judicial police. - E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes

The gunshot, which rang out in the street, caused a wave of panic. This Wednesday morning, a young woman, psychologist, was seriously injured by gunshot, in Annecy, in Haute-Savoie. According to several local media, one of his patients, in his seventies, is suspected of having shot him with a rifle before fleeing. He was arrested shortly after the facts in the underground parking lot of a shopping center located a stone's throw from the psychologist's office.

The entrance to rue Carnot d '# Annecy cordoned off after a gunshot. A man allegedly shot his psychiatrist. The victim, very seriously injured, and the arrested man are no longer there. pic.twitter.com/xMRwEEVzXY

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The young practitioner, aged in her thirties, was taken care of on the spot by the emergency services then evacuated urgently to the Annecy hospital, where her vital prognosis was engaged on her arrival, according to Le Dauphiné Libéré.

The judicial police are responsible for the investigation. Cordoned off shortly after the gunshot by the soldiers of Operation Sentinel, the city center of Annecy was still inaccessible at the end of the morning on Wednesday.

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