Marseille: a police officer injured in the head by demonstrators in front of a high school

A 51-year-old police officer was injured in the head by a mortar shot on Monday morning, while he was providing security during a demonstration of high school students in front of the Saint-Exupéry high school, in the northern districts of Marseille, Le Figaro learned from corroborating sources, confirming initial information from France 3.

According to the firefighters who took charge of this police officer from the security and proximity group (GSP), the victim was injured in the neck but was conscious when transported to his hospital. According to a police source, this member of the police has more specifically an injury to the neck and trapezius, a bleeding wound to the ear and a burn to the scalp. The shot went under the police officer's helmet according to the same source, who also reported a feeling of hearing loss just after the incident. “Fortunately this colleague was wearing his helmet,” nevertheless emphasizes this police source.

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On “Jacques Witkowski (prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône, Editor’s note) and Corinne Simon condemn with the greatest firmness any form of attack on people holding public authority and provide their full support to this injured police officer as well as to all the police forces mobilized since the start of the movement.”