Two investigations were opened after an arrest Tuesday evening in Draguignan, in the Var, during which two fugitives were injured by police shootings that they tried to hit by car, AFP learned from police sources. judicial.
Hospitalized fugitives
In total, police fired five fugitives on the car, told AFP Deputy Draguignan prosecutor, Pierre Arpaia. A bullet hit the shoulder of the 50-year-old driver, "very badly known for extremely serious criminal events", and the jawbone of the passenger. They were hospitalized but their days are not in danger, he said.
According to preliminary evidence gathered by the prosecutor's office, prior to the shooting, a police patrol consisting of a security assistant and a peacekeeper was called by a merchant who was bothered by the couple. Arrived at the square, the police wanted to control their car, but "they did not comply", despite "two summons", and would have made "maneuvers in front and back to try to hit the police officers", continued the magistrate.
Drunk during the facts
That's when the police fired. The wounded fugitives nevertheless managed to escape, and a chase began in the streets of Draguignan, until their arrest by the same police team, at the entrance of the city, three kilometers more far.
According to a police source, the two fugitives were drunk during the events. The five shots were fired towards the windshield, according to this source.
The prosecutor opened two investigations: one for "violence with weapon by destination", which could extend to the "attempted murder" against the police concerning the facts alleged against the fugitives, the other, entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), as is customary when the police use their weapons.