Europe 1 with AFP 08:27, March 29, 2023, modified at 08:30, March 29, 2023

Two men were shot dead Tuesday night in a working-class district of Rennes, we learned Wednesday from the prosecutor's office.

Two men were shot dead Tuesday night in a working-class district of Rennes, we learned Wednesday from the prosecutor's office.

Around 22 p.m., a man "opened fire with a submachine gun on a group of several young people," killing two of them, said the prosecutor of the Republic of Rennes, Philippe Astruc. "The place and type of facts suggest a possible 'settling of accounts' against a background of drug trafficking", a hypothesis however to be confirmed, according to the magistrate.

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