A man was shot and killed on Monday evening in Paris, in the 11th arrondissement. Four people were slightly injured.
One person was shot dead and four others injured on Monday evening in Paris. Around 9:35 p.m., two individuals got out of a vehicle and shot at two other people seated at the terrace of a bar, rue Popincourt, in the 11th arrondissement, the police headquarters told AFP. Figaro. One of the two assailants was arrested but the second managed to escape.
Four slightly injured
The shooting left one dead, four people were slightly injured. The hypothesis of a settlement of accounts is preferred. “We saw a car coming, they came out with a weapon – I would have said a submachine gun or a Kalashnikov – they fired and they left”testified to AFP, Antoine, owner of a nearby restaurant. “I just had time to tell the staff to go inside. Everyone ran away.”he added. “It lasted 20-30 seconds. I immediately understood that it was a settling of scores and that the other establishments would not be affected.assured the restaurateur of this district marked by the attacks of January and November 2015.
The injured people did not seem to have been injured by bullets, according to the first elements collected by the police headquarters. Many chairs were visible on the sidewalk in front of the bar and a security perimeter had been set up by the police, noted an AFP journalist on the spot. An investigation has been opened for “voluntary homicide and attempted voluntary homicide,” a source familiar with the matter told AFP. She was entrusted to the second district of the Paris judicial police.
“A shooting this evening has just left one dead and 4 injured in a bar in Chicha rue Popincourt. No element at this stage makes it possible to know the motivations of this barbaric act. The customers of the bar subdued one of the two assailants and the other is on the run”, also indicated the mayor of the 11th arrondissement, François Vauglin, on his Twitter account. “The national police are very actively looking for” the second suspect specified the chosen one. A medico-psychological unit “will be open as soon as possible for residents and witnesses”. The Minister of Transport and Member of Parliament, Clément Beaune, reacted and expressed “his immense sadness and anger” in front of “this dramatic act”. He claimed “a total mobilization to help the victims and arrest the culprits”.