Paris, veiled woman threatens to blow herself up. The police shoot

A police officer opened fire on a woman in Paris, at the François-Mitterrand Library station, after the woman, according to several police sources cited by Le Parisien, shouted “Allah Akbar” and threatened to attack. The Paris Prosecutor’s Office reports that it was “notified of the arrest on the RER C railway line of a woman who allegedly made death threats at Val-de-Marne stations”. According to the reconstruction provided by Le Parisien, the woman was initially seen on the RER C railway line in Villeneuve-le-Roi while making worrying comments; At that moment, the police were notified, who intervened at the François-Mitterrand Library station and, as the woman “refused to obey police orders and threatened to blow herself up, a police officer fired his gun”. The woman, according to Le Parisien, has a guarded prognosis.

The woman, according to French media reports, wore a full veil. She would have been injured in the stomach. According to information from broadcaster Bfmtv, no explosives were found. Also according to the French press, two investigations were opened: one, entrusted to the Paris judicial police, due to apology, death threats and intimidation of a public official to prevent him from carrying out his duties; the other, however, on the use of a firearm by the police officer was entrusted to the Inspection générale de la Police nationale (Igpn).