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In Nantua, in Ain, the city center of this town of 4,000 inhabitants was confined after a shooting that occurred in a bar at the end of the morning (Illustration photo).
POLICE – The reasons for the shooting remain unknown for the moment. The city center of Nantua (Ain) was cordoned off this Thursday, June 1 at midday after a shooting. A man opened fire on people who were in a bar. A 19-year-old person died, at least three other people were injured, according to several local media.
“During a brawl”, the suspect fired “on one or more occasions with a firearm mortally wounding a person in the abdomen. Two other injured are listed, including a victim of a heart attack.indicates for its part the AFP, citing a source close to the investigation.
According Progress, a GIGN team is currently on its way to Nantua while the suspect – aged around 30 according to the local newspaper – is on the run and actively sought by the fifty or so police officers mobilized. A helicopter was also placed on alert, specifies the gendarmerie.
In a message posted on social networks, the police headquarters indicates that an operation is underway and asks residents to avoid the area.
Schools and shops cordoned off
A restaurateur contacted by telephone by AFP assures us that the shooter was not far from the scene of the shooting: “The police are in front of the restaurant, in front of a building where the shooter seems to have taken refuge”. This trader clarifies that all shops had to close ».
The prefecture also confirms in another message that ” students are kept safe in schools with food “, as the local press reported. A psychological cell will be operational within the sub-prefecture, from 3 p.m., she says.
Regarding the injured, France 3 regions evokes the absolute emergency transport, by helicopter to the Lyon-Sud hospital, of a 31-year-old victim, injured in the abdomen. Two other people, victims of minor injuries were taken care of on the spot by the firefighters, indicates the media.
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