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ALIX WILLIAM

The rumor spread across Twitter like wildfire.

A shooting would have broken out this Friday in front of a mosque in Ivry-sur-Seine, in Val-de-Marne, leaving several wounded.

It is not so.

Askip A guy has just been killed at the mosque of Ivry in full joumou3a 😳😳😳

- BarbeRousse🦁 (@crepewaahou) September 25, 2020

Shooting in Ivry ??

Wesh what is this day

- 🥶🥶 (@ Jr_Sk98) September 25, 2020

According to a police source, contacted by

20 Minutes

, the police were alerted, around 1:30 p.m., that shots had been fired in front of the mosque, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

On the spot, witnesses indicated that three vehicles had arrived as the faithful were leaving the building.

They said they fired a blank bullet and stabbed a man several times in the left buttock.

Officials found a 9mm cartridge case and a pool of blood.

The victim, born in 1998, was taken care of by firefighters.

Its vital prognosis is not engaged.

She stated that she had no information to share regarding the facts and the perpetrators.

An investigation was opened to determine the circumstances of the facts.

According to the first elements of the investigation, it could be a settling of scores.

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