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Thibaut Gagnepain / 20 Minutes
A man in his thirties was killed on Saturday night in the Mirail district in Toulouse, probably a new settling of scores between drug traffickers, according to a source close to the investigation.
At around 9 p.m., police officers were informed of shots fired in this sensitive area of Toulouse.
Near a building, they discover the victim lying on the ground, and a sawed-off shotgun, abandoned by the shooter who fled.
Already four dead and several injured in 2020
Before this homicide, settling of scores against a backdrop of drug trafficking left four dead and several injured in 2020, especially in the Izards district, a city north of Toulouse.
Visiting this district in October, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced that a hundred police officers would soon come to reinforce the workforce of the Toulouse conurbation.
In November, three alleged members of a “very well-known” drug trafficking network in the Izards district in Toulouse were indicted in connection with the investigation into several fatal settlements that hit the Toulouse region.
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