• Seven men, aged 16 to 37, were indicted for attempted murder after shots were fired at police on June 24 in the Maurepas district of Rennes.

  • Six of them were remanded in custody and another under judicial supervision.

  • A 22-year-old woman, arrested like the seven individuals during a major raid on Tuesday, was also indicted for drug trafficking and criminal association.

Seven individuals aged 16 to 37 were indicted on Friday in Rennes for attempted murder in an organized gang, attempted murder of persons holding public authority, criminal associations and drug trafficking.

This decision is part of the investigation into shootings that targeted police officers on June 24 in the Maurepas district.

While patrolling by bicycle near a deal point where shots had just broken out, three police officers had been targeted by a burst of automatic weapon fire in the middle of the afternoon.

Miraculously, none of them was injured, the three agents having had the reflex to throw themselves to the ground to protect themselves.

The seven men had been arrested on Tuesday during a vast crackdown carried out by the judicial police, with the support of the research and intervention brigade, in Rennes, Nantes, Saint-Avé (Morbihan) and Aubenas in Ardeche.

“They all have a criminal record and have been placed in pre-trial detention, with the exception of one placed under judicial supervision,” said Philippe Astruc, public prosecutor of Rennes.

An outbreak of violence in June in the neighborhood

A 22-year-old woman who was also arrested on Tuesday was indicted for drug trafficking and criminal association.

"Without a history, she was placed under judicial supervision," said the prosecutor.

This episode followed several scenes of extreme violence that shook the Maurepas district in June.

On June 13, a 28-year-old man lost his life after being stabbed in the heart.

A few days earlier, an individual had already been stabbed in the neighborhood and an apartment had been riddled with bullets.

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