The Aubiers district in Bordeaux.

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M.BOSREDON

  • On Saturday evening, a shooting in the Aubiers district in Bordeaux claimed the life of a 16-year-old teenager, while four other young people were injured.

  • The Bordeaux public prosecutor's office indicates on Monday that five people were indicted, between Sunday evening and Monday morning.

  • The public prosecutor calls for calm, as photos accompanied by messages rotate on social networks, prompting a real manhunt to find the perpetrators.

Five people were taken into police custody after the fatal shooting which occurred on Saturday night in the Aubiers district, Bordeaux prosecutor Frédérique Porterie announced on Monday.

The five suspects, aged 18 to 22, were indicted on counts of organized gang murder and attempted murder in an organized gang, between Sunday at 10 p.m. and Monday at 6:10 a.m., specifies the prosecution.

Autopsy results known Tuesday

A 16-year-old teenager lost his life on Saturday night in this district of Bordeaux North, after a shooting which also left four injured.

The latter were transported to Bordeaux University Hospital but their lives are not in danger.

The results of the autopsy of the young victim will be known on Tuesday.

"Investigators from the Zonal Directorate of the South-West Judicial Police are carrying out the necessary investigations for the manifestation of the truth, which is progressing hour by hour, the prosecution assures in a statement.

The appeal broadcast yesterday through the press allowed many witnesses to come forward.

It is now appropriate to hear these in addition to the victims who, for some of them, are still hospitalized.

In addition, forensic technical examinations are still in progress.

Posting photos on social networks

The prosecution also reacted to the dissemination on social networks of photos of possible suspects of these shots, accompanied by messages calling for a real manhunt.

"Noting the dissemination on social networks of a lot of unverified information", the prosecution recalls "that it is essential that this investigation, now conducted with all the necessary diligence, can continue under the best conditions so that all the perpetrators of these crimes can be identified for the purposes of indictment and trial.

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