French police kill man with fake gun after threatening incident in Paris suburbs

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17 November 2024 at 7:13 am·1-min read

A man was killed by a police officer intervening in a neighbourhood dispute in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, southeast of Paris.

A man has been killed by French police outside Paris after threatening police officers and shouting 'Allahu akbar', the Arabic expression often shouted by Islamist attackers.

According to preliminary information, the man brandished a dummy gun and was "very drunk" at around 6.00 am Sunday morning in the Paris suburbs.

Police were called to an incident which reported an armed man banging on a nieghbour's door in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges in the southeastern of the French capital.

The man reporterdly threatened the police "by pointing a handgun and shouting 'Allahu akbar'", a Muslim expression of faith meaning "God is greatest".

A police officer then drew his weapon and shot the man, who died despite the intervention of the emergency services.

According to another police source, the officer fired his weapon three times, and the man was hit once.

The entire incident was captured by the police body camera.

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