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“I’m not a hero.” These are the words of Antoine *, the man who was the first to enter the Hyper Kosher order to lead the assault against Amedy Coulibaly. January 9, this elite police officer also found alone, for more than thirty seconds against the hostage-taker of the door of Vincennes. Today, the one who had already participated in the siege of the home of Mohamed Merah, humbly returns to this assault by the police forces of the Raid.
Dispatched for Kouachi brothers . As early as Wednesday, January 7, the day of the attack on Charlie Hebdo, Antoine was on alert. He also first participated in the hunt for Kouachi brethren, Seine-et-Marne before its section is demobilized on Thursday night. By learning the next morning that the two terrorists were identified Dammartin-en-Goële, Antoine therefore feels “frustration.” And a “relief” also know from experience that the two brothers would be “neutralized one way or another,” he says in Paris .
“My boss told me I was going to take the lead.” The mission that then waits will be just as dangerous. He learns during the lunch break when pagers colleagues ringing in unison for immediate repatriation to Raid. “In these cases, one just a few minutes to gather our arms and our personal equipment. Was spun in a convoy to the door of Vincennes,” he says in Paris.
is then followed by three hours of waiting, during which the police learn qu’Amedy Coulibaly is heavily armed, it retains twenty hostages, three were killed. “All of us, Raid, BIS, BI, was given a specific role. It is at this point that my group leader told me I was going to take the lead in the first column assault at the main entrance of the store, “he says.
Not enough to frighten the police officer, who has been head several times with assault columns, including cases of crime. “That said, this post has nothing specific. It is a group action, we come together, united and determined. These are the group leaders who decide the roles,” explains Anthony modestly.
“He then towards me continuing to shoot.” The primary objective of the elite police officer is first to protect his colleague in charge of opening the metal curtain of entrance, before disappearing alone in the store. “In fact, the idea is simple: once the curtain raised, we must analyze the maximum number of items in a minimum of time and then adapt, knowing that the lives of the hostages overrides everything else it is. why the case assaulting column, and that we can not fit together at the same time, “he says.
Antoine then described her face to face with the policyholder hostages. “Everything is going very fast. I go into the store, I see the hostages to my left. He shoots his first balls are received in my shield. I continue to progress by responding, then I shifted down the aisle toward me the right, opposite the hostages so that they are not targeted. He then continuing towards me and I get to shoot a bullet, “he explains.
“A time to sleep.” The rest is known. Other members of the Raid enter the Hyper Kosher to continue the assault. Amedy Coulibaly, he stubbornly walks towards the entrance. And collapses, severely bullets outside the store. “We all went to raid for a quick debriefing. It is especially a time of decompression, where we talk a lot. Then we went for a nice dinner with colleagues, because we needed to find ourselves between us. Like them, I took some time to sleep. We repeated the sequence of events, trying to see what we could have done better. And then I think about my family and my loved ones, . to whom I because of strong concerns Without them I would not be here, “he admits
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