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E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes
An investigation was entrusted to the police of the departmental security of Gard, after a new shooting, which occurred in the district of Chemin Bas d'Avignon, in Nîmes (Gard), reports Eric Maurel, the public prosecutor of Nîmes.
Shots erupted at the end of the day, shortly before 7 p.m., indicates France Bleu Gard Lozère.
There were no injuries.
The area was cordoned off by around fifty police officers, and two schools were confined during their intervention.
An upsurge in shootings
For several years, certain poor districts of Nîmes have been plagued by an upsurge in settling of scores, often against the backdrop of drug trafficking.
In February 2020, residents of the Pissevin district appealed to the authorities for help after a shooting that left three people injured.
At the beginning, the shootings "did not cause a victim, then more and more serious injuries, and we all had the feeling that at one time or another, we would have died," said the prosecutor. February 5.
According to the magistrate, fifteen settlements resulted in eight deaths in 2020 in Nîmes, and already three in 2021, including a 17-year-old teenager.
"These assassinations are directly linked to narcobanditism and are settling of scores in the context of either turf wars or trade conflicts," he added.
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