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PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP

A violent fight with knives, this Tuesday at the beginning of the afternoon in front of the town hall of La Trinité (Alpes-Maritimes) ended in the death of one of the protagonists, reveals Nice-Matin.

According to the daily, he died of his injuries at the Nice University Hospital at the end of the afternoon.

"The authors immediately arrested"

Earlier in the afternoon, the mayor of the town, Ladislas Polski (various left), had mentioned on Facebook a "brawl between a few thugs" whose "the perpetrators were immediately arrested".

It could be a settling of scores between rival gangs against a backdrop of drug trafficking.

The elected representative also indicated having alerted "the prefect of Alpes-Maritimes to this situation in order to obtain security reinforcements".

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