Several men were placed in custody Saturday morning after the death of a police officer, who was not on duty, in a fight at the exit of a nightclub north of Toulouse. learned from a source close to the survey.
Hit by attackers who fled
According to LaDepêche.fr who revealed the case, this 35-year-old policeman "was killed at the end of the night (...) on the parking lot of a nightclub in Sesquières", after being attacked by two men who "l 'dropped and his head hit the ground heavily.' Police were alerted around 5:25 by firefighters for a person in cardio-respiratory arrest near the club Esmeralda, less than 10 kilometers from the center of Toulouse, told AFP another source close to the file. The peacekeeper could not be revived by the help and died quickly, it was said.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the policeman, who was in plain clothes, was with a friend in a snack bar when he had a dispute with several people. He was punched and kicked, and his assailants fled in a car whose registration was verified by witnesses. The investigation was entrusted to the PJ Toulouse, added this source.