Hunters fired in the city in a town in the Alpes-Maritimes

Around 9.15 a.m. this Thursday, hunters fired several shots in the city, in Saint-André-de-la-Roche, just next to Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes.

They were participating in an administrative hunt for wild boars.

But the organization of this operation in an urban environment surprised and worried residents, according to 

.

According to the local newspaper which collected the testimony of a resident, the hunters were "near a school and a nursery" when they opened fire.

They were chasing the animal which had taken refuge in the bed of the river.

La Saint-Andréenne then asks the question: "What would have happened if the wild boar had started running on the road?"

Where cars and pedestrians circulated.

Asked by

, the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes did not respond immediately.

A request from the inhabitants

Jean-Jacques Carlin, the mayor of the town, said on a daily basis that he was aware of this administrative campaign and that a communication within Saint-André-de-la-Roche had taken place with "triangular panels which announced regulation firing this Thursday morning "and" posters which were placed on the posts ".

He added that "the gendarmerie had gone there" and that they would not have noticed anything.

According to the elected official, "there is a strong demand from the inhabitants" because "there are a lot of wild boars".

It indicates in "to find on the bridges in the morning" and that "people no longer dare to take their dog out".

The wild boar was shot by the hunters.

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