He threatens several people with a revolver and a katana in Compiègne

The research and intervention brigade (BRI) intervened this Wednesday to arrest a 43-year-old individual at his home in Compiègne (Oise).

The man is suspected of having threatened several people with a knife, a gun and a katana in the parking lot of a commercial area of ​​the city on May 6.

An investigation for "aggravated willful violence" and "threat with weapons" had been opened.

Multiple threats

The first victim is a man who was waiting for his wife near his car when the suspect came to park next to him, says

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The public prosecutor mentioned a disagreement between the two protagonists.

The employees of a store, who came to the rescue of the motorist, were then also threatened by the suspect.

The latter was identified by the investigators, who discovered that he was on file as a bearer of weapons.

All precautions were therefore taken for his arrest.

The man, however, did not resist.

In particular, swords were found in his home.

To scare his neighbor, he draws a katana

Armed with a sword, he threatens two passers-by in the middle of the night in Saint-Brieuc

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