• Two young men were shot and wounded Thursday evening in a park in the city of Chantecrit, in the north of Bordeaux.

  • The Bordeaux prosecutor's office has opened an investigation for "attempted murder".

  • It is still unclear whether this is an act of retaliation after the death of a 16-year-old boy, killed on January 2 in Les Aubiers, a neighboring district.

Thursday evening, two young men were injured by what could be automatic weapon fire from individuals on scooters, in a park in the city of Chantecrit, north of Bordeaux.

The prosecution has opened an investigation for "attempted murder" when the condition of one of the two men is considered serious.

According to prosecutor Frédérique Porterie, confirming information from the

Sud Ouest

newspaper

,

“two helmeted individuals traveling aboard a powerful two-wheeler” presented themselves a little before 8 pm, in front of a small park in the sensitive district of Chantecrit.

The vital prognosis of one of the victims involved

"One of them, provided according to the first witnesses with a weapon that could be an automatic weapon, fired in the direction of young people who were there," she added.

A 30-year-old man and a 21-year-old man were shot and taken "by others" to a nearby clinic.

"The vital prognosis of one of them is still engaged at this time," said the prosecutor.

Bordeaux has been living for some time in a context of increasing violence, notably through the exacerbated rivalries between two cities in the north of the city.

However, according to the prosecution, "nothing at this stage allows us to confirm" that this is a settling of scores to avenge the shooting death of a teenager in the neighboring district of Aubiers, on January 2. latest.

That evening, a group of young people had been the target of bursts fired with an automatic weapon from a passing vehicle.

A 16-year-old was killed and four people injured.

Four people have been charged with "organized murder and attempted murder" in this case.

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  • Urban violence

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