Inès Zeghloul // Credits: XOSE BOUZAS / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP 6:47 p.m., February 10, 2024
During the night from Friday to Saturday, nine police officers were injured by a vehicle reported as stolen driven by an individual who refused to comply in Villeurbanne. According to information from Europe 1, the latter hit three police cars. Three officers were transported to hospital without life-threatening conditions, but one of them must undergo an operation.
A new refusal to comply. The event took place in Villerbanne, during the night from Friday to Saturday, while police were trying to apprehend a vehicle reported stolen with two people on board. After refusing to comply and following a chase, the driver hit three police cars. Nine police officers were injured, including three who had to be taken to hospital. Their vital prognosis is not in jeopardy, but one of them must undergo an operation.
Law enforcement cars suffered significant damage. For the colleagues and colleagues of these nine police officers, this new refusal to comply is unbearable. "To refuse to comply with the injunctions of the police, some are ready to kill them. A ruthless judicial policy would be required, but unfortunately the sanctions are currently not up to the mark. Today, we see that society is increasingly lenient with violent people, which inspires anger and indignation in me,” Linda Kebab, national secretary of the SGP Police Unit, tells Europe 1.
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The two individuals were arrested at the scene of the collision and then taken into police custody where they are still being questioned by the police. When he was arrested, the driver did not have any identification documents and therefore no driving license with him. An investigation is therefore underway for refusal to comply and violence against a person holding public authority.