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"It's the Revolution, Macron Has Been Dismissed!": Retired for About 20 Years, He Shoots Two Gendarmes and Hurts Their Legs, the GIGN Intervenes

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A shooting broke out in Saint-Jean-Pierre-Fixte, wounding two gendarmes with their legs. The armed loctogenary, cut off before going to the GIGN.

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Dramatic events unfolded on Saturday around 7 p.m. in the quiet town of Nogent-le-Rotrou in central France. Le Figaro reported that the 82-year-old retiree grabbed a rifle and bullets, telling his wife that "a revolution has broken out, and (President Emmanuel) Macron has been overthrown and impeached." He intended to join the rebellion. The terrified woman alerted the gendarmerie. Five soldiers from the Gendarmerie Surveillance and Intervention…

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A shooting broke out in Saint-Jean-Pierre-Fixte, wounding two gendarmes with their legs. The armed loctogenary, cut off before going to the GIGN.

In France, an 82-year-old man opened fire on gendarmes after believing in the alleged overthrow of the country's President and the beginning of the revolution, the incident took place on the evening of 20 June, near the town of Nojan Le Rothroux in the department of Ear and Luar.

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lindependant.fr broke the news on Sunday, June 21, 2026.
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