Police Officer Compelled to Use Duty Weapon to Neutralize Dangerous Individual in Casablanca

01 November 2024 Printable Version

Casablanca - A police officer assigned to Sidi Moumen hospital in Casablanca was compelled to use his duty weapon on Thursday evening to neutralize a delinquent who wielded a knife to threat staff at the health facility, a security source said.

The suspect, a repeat offender, was threatening the hospital's medical and administrative staff with two bladed weapons, forcing the police officer in charge of securing emergency services to resort to use of his duty weapon, the same source stated, adding that the offender was injured in the lower limbs after refusing to comply and violently resisting arrest.

The defendant was placed in police custody under medical supervision at the hospital, pending a judicial investigation ordered by the public prosecutor's office, in order to shed light on the circumstances of this criminal act, the security source concluded.