“The terrorist track ‘is not excluded, but it is not a priority as things stand.’”
First the French authorities have to figure out if they can plausibly claim that this guy is mentally ill, or lashing out against “Islamophobia,” or whatever the excuse du jour may be.
“Aisne: an armed man injured by the police in Saint-Quentin, the terrorist track ‘not excluded,’” translated from “Aisne : un homme armé blessé par la police à Saint-Quentin, la piste terroriste «pas exclue»,” Le Parisien, August 18, 2022 (thanks to Medforth):
Witnesses called law enforcement at dawn to report shots fired by a man armed with a shotgun. During the intervention of the police, the individual fired in their direction without hitting them. The terrorist track “is not excluded, but it is not a priority as things stand,” according to the prosecution.
An armed forty-year-old, wandering around firing shots Thursday in the center of Saint-Quentin, in Aisne, was injured during his arrest by the police, said the prosecution.
Witnesses called the police at dawn to report shots fired by a lone man, armed with a shotgun, with no identifiable target, according to the first reports.
During the intervention of the police, the man fired in their direction without hitting them, added the prosecution. The latter fought back, injuring the maniac in the shoulder, who had to be hospitalized urgently and transferred to the hospital in Amiens (Somme). He is in critical condition.
The man, who was not known to the justice system or the intelligence services, according to initial research, shouted “Allahu akbar” when shooting, said the judicial police, who are in charge of the investigation. The terrorist track “is not excluded, but it is not a priority as things stand,” the prosecution nevertheless specified.
