{"id":1941,"date":"2025-02-04T07:19:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T08:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/?p=1941"},"modified":"2025-02-04T08:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T08:44:57","slug":"french-police-shoot-syrian-man-painting-swastikas-at-train-station-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/french-police-shoot-syrian-man-painting-swastikas-at-train-station-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"French police shoot Syrian man painting swastikas at train station (VIDEOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Officers opened fire after the man brandished a gun that was later found to be fake<\/strong><\/p>\n

French police shot and seriously wounded a man who pointed a fake gun at officers after being caught spray-painting swastikas at a Paris train station, local media reported on Monday. A bystander was also injured in the incident, which occurred at the Austerlitz station in the French capital.<\/p>\n

According to reports citing the Paris Prosecutor\u2019s Office, police approached the man after receiving complaints that he was vandalizing the walls inside the station. When asked to stop, the man reached into his jacket and brandished a gun, the Prosecutor\u2019s Office said, citing video surveillance footage. The railway officers responded by firing \u201cseveral\u201d<\/em> bullets at the man, hitting him in the abdomen.<\/p>\n

The suspect, said to be a 49-year-old of Syrian descent, was taken to the hospital in a critical condition. He was declared \u201cbrain dead\u201d<\/em> around 7pm local time, Le Parisien reported, citing the authorities. No further information about the man has so far been made public.<\/p>\n

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Un agent de la s\u00fbret\u00e9 tir sur un homme avec une arme factice \u00e0 Austerlitz, (perso je n\u2019ai pas vue de croix gamm\u00e9) #austerlitz<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/K2qWQyseU2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 T.P (@PTayLoz) February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the bullets fired by the railway officers ricocheted, hitting a taxi driver who was inside the station. He was injured in the foot and taken to the hospital, although his condition is stable.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udd34 Deux bless\u00e9s par balles gare d’Austerlitz \u00e0 Paris : des agents de la s\u00fbret\u00e9 ferroviaire ont ouvert le feu sur un homme arm\u00e9 qui venait de taguer une croix gamm\u00e9e. #JT20h<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xbIeCyuPd7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Le20h-France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions (@le20hfrancetele) February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The man\u2019s gun was later found to be fake, although the Prosecutor\u2019s Office said this was unknown to officers when they shot him. Two investigations have been launched into the incident, one of which will probe the officers\u2019 actions while the other will investigate the actions of the suspect.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8 ALERTE INFO – L\u2019individu qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9 par balles par la s\u00fbret\u00e9 ferroviaire alors qu\u2019il taguait des croix gamm\u00e9es dans la Gare d\u2019Austerlitz est en \u00c9TAT DE MORT C\u00c9R\u00c9BRALE. L\u2019individu \u00e9tait \u00e9quip\u00e9 d\u2019une arme factice. (BFMTV) <\/p>\n

pic.twitter.com\/7zFVFQDQOn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Focus (@FocusFR_) February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Austerlitz station was closed to the public for several hours after the incident, and train traffic was disrupted while police and counter-terrorist Vigipirate officers worked at the scene.<\/p>\n

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France has been on a maximum terrorism alert since last year. Olivier Christen, the French national antiterrorism prosecutor, said in December that his department had launched over 600 investigations into suspected terror plots in 2024, nearly double the number for 2023, and had thwarted nine planned attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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