Fear this Tuesday in the town of Céret, in the Pyrénées-Orientales.

A shot was heard by the inhabitants, reports actu Perpignan.

For safety, a police and gendarmerie device was deployed in the street where the detonation had been heard.

The police managed to identify the author of the shot, who then returned home.

The gendarmes then came to his home.

The suspect's wife told them that her husband was sleeping.

An accident

The octogenarian was arrested without putting up any resistance.

Suffering from psychological disorders, he was hospitalized.

No longer having any fear for the safety of the inhabitants, the device of the police was lifted.

No one was injured.

According to information from our colleagues obtained from the gendarmes, this shot was an "accidental" act without consequence.

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