The gendarme took part in an operation to combat illegal gold panning in Guyana.
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Posted on 3/25/2023 3:20 PM Updated on 3/25/2023 3:59 PM
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A GIGN gendarme on October 15, 2019 in Paris. (THOMAS SAMSON / AFP)
A GIGN gendarme was killed on Saturday March 25 during a mission to combat illegal gold panning in Guyana. “Chief Marshal Arnaud Blanc came under fire,” Emmanuel Macron announced on Twitter. The President of the Republic “welcomed his courage and commitment with emotion”. “My condolences go to his partner and two children, his family and his comrades,” he added.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin also expressed his “very strong emotion”. on twitter, who sends his “sincere condolences and all my support” to his family, loved ones and comrades. Earlier in the day, website Actu17 reported that a soldier from the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) branch was shot dead during an operation Friday night. .
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