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Paris Prosecutors Open Inquiry After PAF Brigadier-Chef Found Dead at Gare du Nord

The cause-of-death investigation is assigned to the 10th arrondissement police station.

Overview

  • The border police brigadier-chef was found on January 10 around 14:45 in the toilets of the Police aux Frontières premises at Gare du Nord in Paris.
  • Two colleagues, alerted by a phone ringing without answer, forced the door and discovered the body, with his service weapon on the floor, the prosecutor’s office said.
  • The officer was on leave and not expected to be in the facility, according to a police source cited by media.
  • Media reports describe the death as a probable suicide, and authorities have not issued a final determination as the inquiry continues.
  • Interior Ministry data show 27 police officers and 26 gendarmes died by suicide in 2024, with a DGSI officer’s death reported in December.