Gatineau, QUE. - Senegal this week accused Canadian police of "savagely beating" one of his diplomats. Instead, the Gatineau Police Department (SPVG) said it faced an "aggressive individual" who allegedly injured two police officers.
In a press release issued on Thursday and published on Friday, the Senegalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "On August 2, at the home of a Senegalese diplomat working at the Canadian embassy, a rare attack was carried out by Canadian police. An attack was carried out,” he said. Senegal in Ottawa.
She was "handcuffed and beaten so hard that she had difficulty breathing, and was taken to hospital by ambulance," the document said.
The SPVG, in a press release issued Friday night, explained that police came around 1:30 p.m. I'm here.
The person was "aggressive and uncooperative" and police intervened to explain what had happened. It was at this time, according to SPVG, that "a female police officer was injured after being punched in the face."
“Then the police decided to arrest the person to end the crime for the safety of those present. It bit the navigator, who was then knocked to the ground and needs to be controlled," the police explained.
A bailiff could give orders while the person was "restrained in the rear of her patrol car under the supervision of a female police officer."
"When questioned, the person never mentioned having been injured or in pain," he added the SPVG.
Police said paramedics intervened with the same individual around 3:00 pm. I asked the SPVG for help.
Senegal accuses police of "humiliating physical and moral violence [to diplomats] in front of witnesses and in front of minor children".
The country said it summoned the acting minister of the Canadian embassy in Dakar to the Senegalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. "A note of protest has been served to the Canadian authorities," it added.
The Senegalese government has called for an investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators of the attack, claiming it was a "grave violation of her 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations."
The SPVG stresses that it has appealed to state and federal authorities. The files were "directed to the Director of the Department of Criminal and Criminal Prosecution (DPCP) to be charged with assaulting a police officer and obstructing police duties."
"Given the circumstances and claims that people were injured during police intervention, SPVG management has discussed the situation with the Ministry of Public Security," the police added.
"Because of the potential for legal proceedings," SPVG has indicated that it will make no further comment and will cooperate with subsequent actions and investigations.
