He had attacked police officers with a knife in Cannes: the aggressor deemed irresponsible and hospitalized

On Tuesday, 25 March, a man was found criminally irresponsible for the assault of a plainclothes policeman in Marseilles last July. Alliance National Police considers this decision to be a trivialization of the attacks against the law enforcement forces and fears a lack of follow-up by the respondent.

The investigating chamber of the Court of Appeal of Dijon was on Thursday on a creusotin file dated 19 November 2023. That evening, a man dressed as a knight had thrown Molotov cocktails against houses, including his, and then attacked the police officers who came to meet him with the sword. He could be declared irresponsible.

Is Lakhdar B. fit to be tried? To this question, the examining chamber of the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence replied in the negative on Thursday afternoon. On 13 March last, the magistrates had examined the case of this 40-year-old Algerian plumber, who was prosecuted for the stabbing attack by the French authorities.