The alleged gunman who injured two people in front of a mosque in Brest on Thursday was found dead.

An imam is one of two wounded people Thursday in Brest, after shots fired in front of a mosque in the city, learned AFP from concordant sources. The alleged gunman was found dead.

The facts occurred shortly after 4 pm outside the mosque in the Pontanezen district. The author or the authors of the shots had fled aboard a gray Clio, found shortly after by the police but empty, according to sources close to the investigation.

Life-threatening injuries not engaged

"The two wounded were taken to the emergency room, their vital prognosis would not be engaged", according to the prefecture. One was shot in the abdomen and the other in the leg, according to sources close to the file. The balls would be 9 mm caliber.

The judicial police have been seized of the investigation.