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'Alcohol taskforce' cop gets drunk in Swiss police station
and shoots colleague in the foot
By TOM SCOTSON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 14:11 EDT, 31 October 2022 |
An alcohol taskforce cop got drunk in a Swiss police station and shot a colleague in the foot, authorities said on Monday.
The intoxicated officer fired his gun seven times inside the taskforce office's last Friday, a spokesman for the Geneva judiciary confirmed.
Five of the man's colleagues were there including 'one who was hit in the foot and had to undergo surgery,' he said.
The intoxicated officer fired his gun seven times inside the taskforce office's last Friday, a spokesman for the Geneva judiciary confirmed (file image of Swiss policemen on a Geneva Street)
The officer was questioned by Geneva's top prosecutor and stands accused of endangerment and causing bodily harm through negligence.
He has also been accused of resisting efforts to establish his 'capacity to drive'.
The authorities, who did not provide details on what the man's blood-alcohol level had been at the time, said the investigation was ongoing.
Methinks the fool will be reassigned to a different unit!
Five lions escape enclosure at Australian zoo, sparking emergency
By Darryl Coote
Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Officials at an Australian zoo have launched an investigation after five lions momentarily escaped their enclosure Wednesday, sparking an emergency situation.
The incident occurred Wednesday morning at the Taronga Zoo, located along the shores of Sydney harbor.
Park officials said that one adult lion and four cubs were found outside their main exhibit at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The lions were spotted in an area adjacent to their main exhibit and separated from the rest of the zoo by a six-foot containment fence, whose purpose is to keep the public back from the lion exhibit.
The zoo enacted an emergency response within 10 minutes of the lions exiting its enclosure, officials said.
Simon Duffy, executive director of the Taronga Zoo, told reporters during a press conference that all people on site when the incident occurred were moved to so-called designated safe zones.
"This is a significant incident. A full review is now underway to confirm exactly how the lions were able to exit their main exhibit," he said.
Four of the lions returned to their enclosure on their own, requiring zoo staff to only tranquilize one of the cubs, he said.
"All animals are now safe in their back-of-house exhibit and are being closely monitored," he added, stating the emergency lasted less than 10 minutes.
In a 5 p.m. update, the zoo said an initial review confirmed that the lions exited their enclosure due to an "integrity issue" with a containment fence.
"A full report will now be prepared for the [New South Wales] Department of Primary Industries," it said.
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