It was a little after 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning when a man was overpowered by the police in downtown Rennes.
The intervention took place at the corner of boulevards de la Liberté and Magenta, not far from the Colombia shopping center in which the man had pulled out a weapon.
Passersby had alerted the police, seeing the individual appear threatening.
According to our information, the defendant was armed with a knife.
It was the staff of the anti-crime brigade who intervened to control him using an electric pulse gun, learned
20 Minutes
, confirming information from
Ouest-France
.
When the police intervened, he allegedly tried to attack the police with his knife.
He was finally brought under control without causing any injuries before being brought back to the central police station located nearby.
It is not known at this time if he could be heard.
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