Overview
- In Moselle, gendarmes staking out a transport yard hit by diesel thefts tried to arrest a 39-year-old suspect who drove into their vehicle and ran off before being arrested at a hospital.
- Prosecutors say he is in custody on suspicion of theft, refusal to stop, and involuntary injuries, and his detention was extended after three gendarmes were sent for checks with no life-threatening injuries reported.
- In Colmar, a Volkswagen Golf fled a police check and hit a Brigade spécialisée de terrain officer in the legs, and the officer received two days of medical leave.
- Three people are in custody in the Colmar case as a flagrant-offence investigation for attempted intentional homicide of a public official moves forward.
- Refusal to stop, a failure to obey a police order to pull over, rose to 28,200 cases in 2025 according to the Interior Ministry, an 11% jump with more than one-third involving danger to others.