The victim “of color [and] large [would have] brandished an object that looked like a knife to the police”, according to a witness.
Le Monde with AFP
A man was killed Wednesday August 10 in the morning at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport by a police officer after having brandished a knife. “Showing composure, the police neutralized this morning an individual threatening in possession of a stabbing weapon at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport,” said the Paris police headquarters on his Twitter account.
Showing composure, the police neutralized this morning an individual threatening in possession of a weapon B … https://t.co/tiqb71bbk8
– prefpolice (@police prefecture)
The facts took place at Terminal 2F around 8:20 am “An SDF annoyed security agents and the border police (PAF) was called in reinforcement to make it evacuate,” said an airport source. The man would have moved away, while invecting them, then turned around and would have taken out a knife. One of the police officers then used his weapon, according to police sources.
A photographer of the France-Presse agency, witness to the scene, explained that “a man of large color has brandished an object that looked like a knife to the police. A summation was made but he advanced and a police officer fired. A single blow was fired, “said the witness. The victim was put on a stretcher and evacuated in an area not accessible to passengers, specifies the photographer.