As noted, during his arrest in a shootout with the police, he was seriously injured.

France Info, citing a source, reports that the attacker of the police officer had previously appeared in the register for the prevention of terrorist radicalization.

On May 28, an unknown assailant attacked a police officer with a knife in the French commune of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre near Nantes, after which he fled.

The injured woman was taken to hospital.