According to AFP on October 31, a police officer from the Drug and Alcohol Task Force of the Swiss police was drunk last week and shot several times in the city police station, causing a colleague to be injured.
Geneva judicial department spokesman Olivier Francey told AFP that the incident occurred last Friday, when the officer "fired seven shots in the task force's office under the influence of alcohol." Five colleagues were present at the time of the incident, one of whom was hit by a bullet in the foot and had to undergo surgery.
Geneva Police Data source: Foreign media
The police officer involved has been interrogated by the Geneva prosecutor and is accused of causing harm and physical harm due to dereliction of duty by . The Geneva authorities did not disclose the man's blood content of alcohol at that time, but said that the relevant investigation is underway.
Previously, there were incidents in the United States where police fired several shots after being drunk. In April 2014, New York policeman Brandon Cronin fired a shot on Lincoln Avenue in the Westchester area after getting drunk. He was sitting in a car and shot 14 times in a row, causing two amateur hockey players to be shot, one was shot 6 times and the other was slightly injured.
(Editor: ZLQ)
