France: Knife-Wielding Man Shot by Police: ("Allahu Akhbar")

Hat tip Francoise De Souche

Today, in the wee hours of the morning, a French police patrol in the area of  Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas de Calais) came a cross man on the street carrying a knife. When they stopped to talk to him, he took off and then came at them with two knives in hand, according to police. He was also shouting, “Allahu Akhbar“. The end result was that the man was shot in the thigh. He is not further identified except he is around 40 years of age and previously known to the police and courts.

The below article in Le Parisien is translated by Fousesquawk.  

He shouted, “Allahu Akhbar” and threatened police: A man armed with knives wounded by police in Boulogne-sur-Mer

The fanatic was carrying knives and threatened a police team patrolling in Saint-Martin-Boulogne (Pas de Calais).

By Le Parisien

March 1. 2025 at 13:28

Caption: The man was arrested early Saturday morning near Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Armed with knives, he reportedly threatened police to the cries of, “Allahu Akhbar“. A 40-year-old man was wounded by a gunshot by police and then placed in custody at Saint-Martin-Boulogne (Pas de Calais) early Saturday morning.

According to our information, around 4 am, a man carrying a knife, was spotted by police on a street in Boulogne-sur-Mer. The Anti-Crime Brigade patrol (BAC) decided to check him out. It was there that the man took out another blade from his backpack and threatened the officers while shouting, “Allahu Akhbar”.

Despite using a taser gun on the fanatic, and a (non-lethal) bullet launcher (LBD), the police could not overpower the individual. One of the members of the patrol then fired two times in the direction of the suspect’s leg. The (suspect) is wounded but is not in life-threatening condition.  

Wounded in the thigh by a police officer

According to the prosecutor’s account, the Anti-Crime Brigade officers were in a “sector impacted by burglaries” when they observed the man and talked to him from their vehicle. The man then took out two knives and threatened them with death. When the individual walked away with his knives, they followed him, and he then ran towards them asking them to shoot. A first officer used a taser gun two times then an LBD, without effect.

The man reportedly took off before coming after the officers a second time. Another officer then fired two times with his firearm, wounding him in the thigh. The police then discovered that the man “had covered his torso with cardboard boxes.”

Already known to the courts, the man in his 40s was convicted four times between 2012-2023 by the Boulogne-sur-Mer Criminal Court for driving under the influence of drugs, drug use, death threats, and insulting a public official.

Mother of wounded man also hospitalized

The emergency personnel have confirmed that they responded around 04:15 “for a person wounded by a firearm,” after an attempted attack against a National Police team,” and transported a man to the Boulogne-sur-Mer hospital center in “absolute urgency”, as well as the mother of the wounded man (65) “in shock” but not medically treated.

He was finally placed in custody under police surveillance at the hospital. Two investigations have been opened: One for attempted homicide of police and another assigned to the office of the National Police Inspectorate General in Lille (IGPN) in connection with the use of arms by police, the national prosecutor, Guirec Le Bras, indicated.

Source: http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2025/03/france-knife-wielding-man-shot-by.html