Europe 1 with AFP 9:13 p.m., November 28, 2021, modified at 9:13 p.m., November 28, 2021
According to a police source, the official off duty and accompanied by his companion, "had a dispute with several individuals" Sunday in Paris.
The police officer is in absolute urgency and his vital prognosis is engaged.
The perpetrators of the attack are wanted, said the police headquarters.
An off-duty policeman was "seriously" injured on Sunday with a stabbing weapon after a dispute with several people in Paris, and the perpetrators of the attack are wanted, the police headquarters said on Twitter.
According to a police source, the official of the Department of local security of the Parisian agglomeration (DSPAP), off duty and accompanied by his companion, "had a dispute with several individuals" Sunday inside the Italy shopping center 2, in the 13th arrondissement of the capital.
All my support for the stabbed policeman in Paris while he was off duty.
He is seriously injured.
An investigation has been opened and all means are being used to find the perpetrators of this unbearable act.
- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) November 28, 2021
Its vital prognosis
During the ensuing brawl, at the end of the afternoon, a man injured the policeman with "a knife", said the same source, without being able to specify whether the official had been recognized by his attacker.
The police officer is in absolute urgency and his vital prognosis is engaged, he was taken to hospital, according to the police source.
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"The Prefect of Police gives his full support to the off-duty DSPAP policeman seriously injured by stabbing," tweeted the Paris police headquarters.
"The authors are actively sought," she added.
"An investigation has been opened and all means are being used to find the perpetrators of this unbearable act", announced the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin on Twitter.