{"id":1130361,"date":"2021-12-18T10:28:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1130361"},"modified":"2021-12-18T10:28:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:28:56","slug":"illegal-alien-shoots-rifle-at-police-officers-trying-to-stop-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-alien-shoots-rifle-at-police-officers-trying-to-stop-brawl\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Alien Shoots Rifle at Police Officers Trying to Stop Brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillegal-alien-shoots-rifle-at-police-officers-trying-to-stop-brawl%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1130361&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1207050531-e1639692153964-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">An illegal migrant armed with a rifle shot several times at French police officers in the city centre of Carpentras on Wednesday morning after they stopped a brawl.<\/p>\n<p>The brawl took place at around 2 a.m. on Wednesday and involved five people. Police were alerted to the incident by local residents and arrived on the scene a short time later. When the officers arrived, four of the people involved fled the area, while the remaining man was treated for injuries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The 49-year-old man told the police what one of the people involved in the brawl had been armed with a sawed-off rifle and officers found a 9mm shell casing on the ground nearby to the location the brawl occurred, Actu 17 <a href=\"https:\/\/actu17.fr\/carpentras-un-homme-en-situation-irreguliere-tire-en-direction-des-policiers-venus-linterpeller\/\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police moved to pursue the other suspects and came upon the armed man, who they later learned is a 23-year-old illegal migrant from Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>After the Tunisian entered a nearby building, officers from the local police and the anti-crime brigade (BAC) entered the building as well and then heard a gunshot coming in their direction.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Before the 23-year-old was able to inflict any harm, police fired a non-lethal defence ball launcher at him as he was attempting to reload. They then used an electric pulse weapon to subdue him and take him into custody.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9642857142857\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">French City Marseille Described as Like \u2018War\u2019 as Police Targeted by Kalashnikov Fire <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ntoahDWGxZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/ntoahDWGxZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1445395853242519563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The migrant was said to have been intoxicated and likely under the influence of narcotics during the encounter, and police carried out a toxicological exam following the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes just months after police in the southern city of Marseilles were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/05\/french-city-marseille-described-as-like-war-as-police-targeted-by-kalashnikov-fire\/\">targetted by gunfire<\/a> following an operation against drug dealing in the area of&nbsp;La Bricarde in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had to throw themselves on the ground to avoid the bullets, several of which came to be stuck in a wall against which the agents had been leaning just before the shots,\u201d a police source said in describing the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-police violence has been on the rise in France for years, with attacks on officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/02\/25\/attacks-on-french-police-officers-have-doubled-in-20-years\/\">more than doubling<\/a> over the last two decades.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of urban violence and insecurity has become a focal point of the upcoming French presidential election, with a poll from earlier this year indicating that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/04\/28\/86-per-cent-french-say-security-important-their-2022-presidency-vote\/\">86 per cent of French<\/a> saw security and the fight against terrorism as important issues that could sway their presidential election vote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7142857142857\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Attacks On French Police Officers Have Doubled in 20 Years <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UvGlhyvtRu\">https:\/\/t.co\/UvGlhyvtRu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1364975848512757761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span data-darkreader-inline-color><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An illegal migrant armed with a rifle shot several times at French police officers in the city centre of Carpentras on Wednesday morning after they stopped a brawl. 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