Europe 1 with AFP // Credits: XOSE BOUZAS / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP 1:36 p.m., February 4, 2024
A migrant was shot and killed during the night from Saturday to Sunday near the Loon-Plage camp. A second was injured. An investigation was opened and entrusted to the Judicial Police. No arrests have taken place at this stage.
A migrant was shot dead during the night from Saturday to Sunday and a second injured, near the Loon-Plage camp (North), we learned from the Dunkirk public prosecutor's office and a police source. A man died in the night "as a result of a gunshot wound", after being "found, still alive, on the banks of the A16, in the town of Grande-Synthe and then transported to hospital", Dunkirk prosecutor Charlotte Hutet told AFP.
Identity not yet identified
“According to the first elements of the investigation, this man resided in a migrant camp near the place where he was found,” she said. “His identity is being confirmed.” A second person, who also resided in this camp according to the first elements, was injured, without his life threatening, adds the prosecutor. According to a police source, this injured man is a 33-year-old Iraqi, who was hit by a bullet in the hand. This same source indicates that the deceased man was shot in the chest.
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An investigation was opened, entrusted to the Judicial Police. No arrests have taken place at this stage. Claire Millot, from the Salam association, which helps exiles in the camps in this area, estimates the number of people currently living there at 500 to 600.