Shooting in Nice, one dead: "A police officer opened fire during a detention"

Shooting in the city of Nice, France.

According to reports from the local press, there would be at least one death.

The shots would have been exploded during a police stop in the Buffa neighborhood: it would have been an agent to open fire. "Something went wrong in a police operation, a policeman opened fire on some people," prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme told the press in Nice.

"We were carrying out an operation - he explained - concerning a murder committed on December 24. Suspects had to be stopped. But something went wrong and a policeman opened fire on some people. One wounded died at 12:30. I asked for an internal investigation into the crime of voluntary homicide. The policeman is in custody. No weapons were found on the victim. "

The area was closed. The special forces of the BRI arrived on the scene.

(Unioneonline / lf-D)