Good it was the armed police, otherwise it would be harder to open fire.
We have 2 types of Police here.
The town police (Police municipale) usually not armed with lethal weapons as they manage local issues (theft, “ligth” violence like neighbors conflicts, noise complaints, familyconflicts… this kind of stuff… very local ). Some can be armed but it’s quite rare and with restrictions. You have a little group of policemen per town. Mine have 3 guys for around 10k people and last time i saw one, he was asking details about a neighborhood dog who was making lots of noise…
And we have the National Police (Police Nationale), who manages bigger threats like murder, dealers, kidnapping, car accidents with fatalities, etc… usually in medium to big towns. All have lethal weapons with them and you saw them for more serious and dangerous topics. Their perimeter are mainly in the big towns.
For towns outside big populated areas, we have the military equivalent of national police: the Gendarmerie (with their best elements in the gign for very serious threats and interventions). Same mission than Nationale Police, they also do prevention topic (car speed controls, alcohol tests…) but their perimeter is all the territory.
Ye, they would have sent the fire department instead
Could have been beined police…
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Police in Paris have opened fire on a woman who allegedly made threatening remarks on a train, the latest security incident in the country that has been on heightened anti-terror alert since a fatal stabbing at a school blamed on an Islamic extremist.
They said officers responded after several train passengers phoned the emergency services and reported that a woman was making threats and that she was wearing a face and head covering.
It wasn’t clear what threats the woman was making but local reports suggest she shouted “Allahu akbar”, which is arabic for “God is the Greatest”.
A Metro and suburban train station that serves the Francois-Mitterrand national library in eastern Paris has been evacuated, police said.
Earlier this month, a knifeman shouting “Allahu Akbar” at Gambetta High School in the city of Arras left one teacher dead and several other people injured as former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal called for a Day of Jihad.
Local police spokesperson Axel Ronde said the officers that shot the woman this morning had “made the right decision”.
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