French police shoot Syrian man painting swastikas at train station (VIDEOS)
Police have shot a man of Syrian descent painting swastikas at a train station in Paris, French media report Read Full Article at RT.com
Officers opened fire after the man brandished a gun that was later found to be fake
French police shot and seriously wounded a man who pointed a fake gun at officers after being caught spray-painting swastikas at a Paris train station, local media reported on Monday. A bystander was also injured in the incident, which occurred at the Austerlitz station in the French capital.
According to reports citing the Paris Prosecutor’s Office, police approached the man after receiving complaints that he was vandalizing the walls inside the station. When asked to stop, the man reached into his jacket and brandished a gun, the Prosecutor’s Office said, citing video surveillance footage. The railway officers responded by firing “several” bullets at the man, hitting him in the abdomen.
The suspect, said to be a 49-year-old of Syrian descent, was taken to the hospital in a critical condition. He was declared “brain dead” around 7pm local time, Le Parisien reported, citing the authorities. No further information about the man has so far been made public.
Un agent de la sûreté tir sur un homme avec une arme factice à Austerlitz, (perso je n’ai pas vue de croix gammé) #austerlitz pic.twitter.com/K2qWQyseU2— T.P (@PTayLoz) February 3, 2025
One of the bullets fired by the railway officers ricocheted, hitting a taxi driver who was inside the station. He was injured in the foot and taken to the hospital, although his condition is stable.
