PARIS – The ex-soldier armed to the teeth who had taken refuge in a forest in the Dordogne, in central France, has been “neutralized”: this was announced in a tweet by the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, thanking the forces of the order after 48 hours of manhunt. According to the local prefect, the fugitive was injured and has now been taken over by rescuers.
Terry Dupin, this is the name of the former soldier who fled two days ago, accused of domestic violence, opened fire several times against the gendarmes at the time of capture. In response to the fire, the military seriously injured him, according to what was announced in Lardin-Saint-Lazare by General André Pétillot, commander of the gendarmerie.
Dupin, convicted 4 times for violence against his ex-partner, mother of his 3 children, was taken over by rescuers and the state of alert was lifted in the Dordogne country. The former soldier had remained in the army from 2011 to 2016, enlisted in the Brive infantry regiment. He was armed with a shotgun and a 30-30 caliber Winchester.
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