Aisne. Thirty-year-old man dies after Taser shot

A man in his thirties died in Vic-sur-Aisne (Aisne) on Monday from a heart attack, after being shot at by the gendarmes following a behavior "strange", announced the floor of Soissons.

Unknown police and gendarmerie, this inhabitant of Vic-sur-Aisne had attracted the attention of the witnesses Monday morning first in "wandering strangely" in the streets of this small town, then entering the garden of a house where he "degraded a satellite dish" seizing a "Metal rod torn from this parable" according to a statement from the prosecution.

It was at this point, shortly before 11 am, that the gendarmes of Soissons tried to apprehend him. Shouting "Allah Akbar" the man is then "went into contact" of the military, punching fists on the hood of their car after throwing the rod in their direction. [19659003] "The gendarmes first tried to control it with bare hands" then with their telescopic stick and finally "with their electric impulse weapon" without success. "He was finally belted and then grounded by a policeman" . It is on the ground that the gendarmes realize that he is "doing discomfort" . He died on the spot "a few minutes later"

Regulatory Framework

The prosecution did not specify the number of shots. "The first investigations make it possible to determine that one is in the frame and the regulatory distance and that there is no mishandling" however indicated the floor. "There is no indication at this stage that this man was a possible radicalization Islamist" he added.

The autopsy will be performed Tuesday morning. In particular, she will have to badess whether this man was under the influence of narcotics. The investigation will also focus on identifying possible psychiatric history.

Two investigations were opened, one entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Gendarmerie for "determine the causes of his death" the other to the SR of Amiens and the BR of Laon on "the acts which he committed" .