Overview

• According to police and local reporting, the man jumped from a fifth-floor apartment after displaying a banner and throwing tracts that reportedly referenced Jamal Khashoggi and a kidnapping message.
• Emergency responders performed CPR but could not revive him, and firefighters later reached the under-roof apartment using a large ladder.
• Officers set up a security perimeter at Place Beauvau and closed the area to traffic due to the site’s proximity to high-security government buildings.
• Authorities have not officially released the victim’s identity, while the 8th arrondissement mayor told Libération he was a United Arab Emirates national.
• A police source described the site as a civilian property and said the incident had no connection to the Interior Ministry.