Overview

• The afternoon shooting occurred near the Pierre-Sémard nursery in the Cité Berthe district, and authorities report no children were physically injured.
• Officers say they ordered the man to drop his blade, then deployed a Taser twice without effect before firing while aiming at his lower body.
• The Toulon prosecutor opened two probes: a police judiciaire investigation into alleged armed threats and a separate IGPN review of the officers’ use of firearms.
• Officials have not confirmed the man’s identity; a single outlet reports he was a Sudanese national previously arrested in June and subject to a weapons ban, a detail still being verified.
• Local officials confined pupils during the incident and plan psychological support for nearby schools, with investigators still working to clarify whether children were directly targeted.