Shouted "Allahu akbar"
Police shoot man near Paris after threats
A fatal police operation took place near Paris on Sunday. Emergency services shot and killed a man who had threatened the officers and shouted "Allahu akbar" (Arabic: God is great).
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen According to the police, officers were alerted early on Sunday morning after a man banged on the door of a house in Villeneuve-Saint-George, east of the French capital.
The man had pointed an alleged firearm at the arriving police officers and shouted "Allahu akbar". An officer then shot him. According to police information, the man died on the spot despite the intervention of paramedics.
Weapon was only a dummy
According to investigators, however, his weapon turned out to be a dummy weapon. The man was known to the police for "trivializing terrorism". He was reportedly very drunk at the time of the incident. An investigation has been launched into the fatal police operation.
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