a GIGN policeman killed during an operation against clandestine gold diggers, Emmanuel Macron expresses “his great emotion”

The gendarme was taking part in an operation to combat illegal gold panning in Guyana. The President of the Republic expressed “his great emotion”.

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A gendarme from the GIGN, on October 15, 2019, in Paris.  (THOMAS SAMSON / AFP)

A GIGN gendarme was killed during a mission to combat illegal gold panning in GuyanaSaturday, March 25. “The Chief Marshal Arnaud Blanc fell under fire”, announced Emmanuel Macron on Twitter. The President of the Republic hailed “with emotion his courage and his commitment”. “My condolences to his partner and his two children, to his family and his comrades”he added.

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin also expressed his “very strong emotion” on Twitteraddressing his sincere condolences and all my support to his family, loved ones and comrades”. Earlier in the day, the site News17 reported that un soldier of the antenna of the intervention group of the national gendarmerie (GIGN) had been shot dead during an operation, in the night from Friday to Saturday.

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