Overview

• An officer from the BAC was attacked on September 11 in Tourcoing during an operation linked to a stolen electric scooter, with the assault filmed and widely shared online.
• Five adolescents have been placed under formal investigation; two are in provisional detention, two are under strict judicial control including a placement in Douai and an ordered relocation to Loire-Atlantique, and a fifth is subject to an educational measure.
• The Lille prosecutor’s information judiciaire covers aggravated violence against a public official, aggravated theft and the recording or dissemination of violent images, with two additional people still sought in the scooter case.
• The injured officer remains under care with facial injuries including a broken nose and an initial five‑day ITT, described as more psychologically shaken than physically.
• Political and union leaders condemned the attack, Gérald Darmanin renewed his push for minimum sentences, and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu called the officer to express support.