A magistrate of Versailles attacked with flashball at her home

It was the Minister of Justice who made the announcement Monday morning via Twitter.

One of the presidents of the Assize Court of Yvelines was attacked Monday morning at his home in this department, shot by flashball.

The magistrate was shot when she left home around 9:30, according to the floor of Versailles. The victim was injured in the head and it is a member of his family who warned the gendarmes.

The severity of his injuries was unknown Monday at midday, but his life is not engaged.

The attackers "did not come there by chance," according to a source close to the investigation, suggesting that the victim was deliberately targeted because of his duties. According to our information, the suspects arrived disguised as delivery man to open the door of the home.

The aggressor or fugitives are on the run and an important research device was set up by the Versailles research section, in charge of the investigation, assured the floor.

It was shortly after 11am that the Minister of Justice, Nicole Belloubet, said on Twitter learn "with indignation and emotion the assault of the president of the Assize Court of Versailles." All the forces of the order are mobilized to find the perpetrators, "she said, expressing her" support for the magistrate, her family and the judicial community of Versailles. "

"A thought to our colleague from Versailles, assaulted violently at his home this morning", also said the spokesman of the Chancellery, deeming this aggression "as loose as unbearable"

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