Police officers on bicycles seriously injured on Saturday morning in Paris two occupants of a car suspected of having refused a check, we learned from a police source.
The facts took place in the 18th arrondissement, in the north of the capital, according to this source, confirming information from BFMTV.
Police officers first noticed "a car with four passengers, one of whom was not wearing his seatbelt", according to the police source.
As they approach it, the car "takes off at very high speed and smashes into a crew of police on ATVs", according to the police account.
The officials "use their weapons" and seriously injure "the driver and a passenger", transported to hospital, according to the police source.
“Some of the occupants are known to the services.
They say they consumed alcohol and cannabis, ”reported a source familiar with the matter.
Two surveys launched in parallel
An investigation into attempted murder of a person holding public authority has been opened and entrusted to the 2nd district of the Paris judicial police (2nd DPJ), said the Paris prosecutor's office requested by AFP.
An investigation into intentional violence with a weapon by persons holding public authority, entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), has also been opened, the same source said.
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