Chilling video of a driver being shot dead by police after he refused to get out of his car has emerged in France, reports Mail Online.
The film shows officers pointing guns at the unnamed suspect, who was allegedly brandishing a knife, as he sat at the wheel of a Renault Scenic on Saturday afternoon.
They initially shout "Get out of the car!" and then smash its windows with their truncheons, as he accelerates forward into the apartment block where he lived with his mother.
At the start of the video, the vehicle is completely blocked in but then one officer moves a squad car, allowing the driver to get away.
It is then that three of the six officers involved start shooting repeatedly into the rear windscreen of the Renault.
The man, who was being treated for psychiatric problems, managed to then drive up a grassy bank, but died from his wounds soon afterwards.
The drama unfolded on the Kennedy housing estate in Chalette-sur-Loing, close to Orléans, and some 70 miles south of Paris, on Saturday afternoon.
At around 5.30pm, beat officers visited the man’s flat after neighbours complained of loud noise.
The video shot by neighbours and posted on You Tube shows six officers in bulletproof vests surrounding the Renault.
Prosecutors have now launched an enquiry, with officers from the General Inspectorate of the National Police also involved.
The armed officers who shot the man will be placed under formal investigation, and may face charges if they are deemed to have used unnecessary force.