UA 27-year-old man of Afghan origin died on Sunday after being shot and injured on Saturday on the sidelines of an urban rodeo in Colmar, we learned on Monday from concordant sources. “I am opening a judicial investigation today, with referral to an investigating judge for the charge of assassination against X”, indicated to Agence France-Presse the prosecutor of Colmar, Catherine Sorita-Minard, specifying that “the author or authors are on the run”.
The facts occurred Saturday in the middle of the day in the district of Europe, in Colmar, while a group shared a barbecue, before being disturbed by the noise of a scooter whose driver was performing a rodeo. An altercation ensued with the driver who ended up leaving the scene before returning, shooting one of the group members and fleeing, according to the account of a police source.
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The young Afghan, unknown to the police, was hit in the chest. Hospitalized in critical condition, he succumbed to his injuries. The Mulhouse branch of the judicial police is in charge of the investigation.