The shots were fired shortly before midnight on Friday evening in a hotspot area of the suburb of Sevran, the public prosecutor’s office said on Saturday. A connection is suspected with the escalating violence between drug gangs. There was also another incident with a death in Toulouse in the south of France.
When the police arrived at the scene in Sevran, four injured people were lying on the ground, according to investigators. Rescue workers provided first aid, but were unable to save the life of a seriously injured person. The three others were taken to various hospitals in the Paris area with life-threatening injuries. During the night, three more people were taken to the hospital in Aulnay-sous-Bois, a neighboring town to Sevran, with gunshot wounds.
Shots fired in the parking lot of a cultural center
The Paris criminal police began an investigation. According to the information, the investigation is based on intentional homicide and attempted intentional homicide by an organized gang. According to initial findings, the shooter got out of a car in the parking lot of a cultural center, fired several shots and then fled with the driver of the car. According to investigators, 25 cartridge cases were found at the crime scene. There were initially no arrests.
Sevran’s mayor Stéphane Blanchet says he believes there is a reckoning in the drug community. He called on the police to “maintain order” and take tough measures to “eradicate” drug trafficking. It’s not just Sevran that is affected by drug violence. It is “a phenomenon of national or even international proportions”.
Sevran is located between downtown Paris and Charles de Gaulle International Airport, northeast of Paris. At the end of March, the police also struck in Servan as part of a major nationwide raid against drug gangs.
Another attack in Toulouse
There was another gun attack in Toulouse on Saturday morning. The fire department said they found two men with gunshot wounds on the street. One man died and the other was taken to the university hospital as an “urgent emergency.”
According to the regional newspaper “La Dépêche du Midi”, the shots were fired near a discotheque in the northeast of the city. The two victims were sitting in a vehicle and the perpetrator or perpetrators were able to escape. The background to the crime was initially unclear.
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