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Officer Shot in Cher as Violent Spate Hits Marseille, Paris and Nantes

Multiple probes are underway after arrests in several attacks, with searches continuing for outstanding suspects.

Overview

  • A night patrol officer from the Bourges BAC was shot in the arm during a response to a bank burglary in Saint‑Germain‑du‑Puy, with his life not in danger as prosecutors open an attempted homicide investigation and the suspects remain at large.
  • At Le Bourget, three men posing as police tried to force a driver into a car trunk; two suspects aged about 20–22 were arrested and a third is sought, with a loaded 9 mm pistol, a taser‑lamp, zip ties and a stolen luxury watch seized.
  • Marseille recorded multiple attacks including a fatal stabbing of a 47‑year‑old security chief outside a bar in the Opéra quarter, plus separate shootings that left a 20‑year‑old critically wounded in Belle‑de‑Mai and two others injured in Bon‑Secours and the Aygalades.
  • In the Paris region, police reported knife assaults in Vanves and a youth rixe in the 12th arrondissement leading to several arrests, while in the 8th two passers‑by were slashed and a 31‑year‑old suspect was detained on suspicion of attempted murder, including against an officer.
  • The Nantes remand prison confirmed a bladed‑weapon fight that lightly injured five detainees, with union officials citing improvised and ceramic blades, drone deliveries and severe overcrowding as ongoing security pressures.