An 82-year-old Frenchman, convinced that President Macron had been… (жандарм · мужчина · ранить)
An 82-year-old Frenchman, convinced that President Macron had been overthrown and that a revolution had begun, opened fire with gendarmes, wounding two of them.
Consensus
- An 82-year-old French man opened fire on gendarmes
- The man believed that President Macron had been overthrown and a revolution had started
- Two gendarmes were injured in the incident
- The man was wounded and taken to hospital
- The man was arrested and placed under psychiatric evaluation
- The incident occurred on June 20
- The man was a retired craftsman
Points of divergence
- The man was not arrested but was taken to hospital and later released — vm
- The man barricaded himself in the basement of his home after being shot at by gendarmes — kommersant
- A separate shooting incident occurred in Chicago the day before — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Media: Elderly Frenchman opens fire thinking country has started revolution — Вечерняя Москва
- 82-Year-Old Frenchman, Confident in Macron's Fall, Opens Fire on Gendarmes — Коммерсантъ