Man killed by French police after ‘threatening’ officers

PARIS: A drunk man on Sunday was killed by French police outside Paris after threatening officers and shouting “Allahu akbar”, police sources told AFP.

According to preliminary information, the man brandished a dummy gun, a source close to the case told AFP. He was “very drunk”, the source said

At around 6.00 am (0500 GMT), police were called to an incident which saw an armed man bang on a door in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, one of the police sources said.

The man threatened the police “by pointing a handgun and shouting ´Allahu akbar´, the source added.