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Targeted by gunfire, the director of services in Corbeil-Essonnes calls for "never accepting silence"

11/9/2023, 5:12:44 PM

Highlights: Director of services in Corbeil-Essonnes calls for "never accepting silence" Étienne Quinchez was the victim of gunfire in the town hall on November 9. "I make a wish: that our municipality reacts in the face of this trivialized violence. Never accept silence," he says in a video message to the city's residents. The town hall is located in the center of the town, in the district of Essonnes in the south of France.


The teams of the town hall of Corbeil-Essonnes met on Thursday around Étienne Quinchez, the director general of services who was the victim of

They're all there, or almost. Road guards, reception staff or department heads... Basically, ranks don't matter, this Thursday, November 9, in the hall of the administrative center of Corbeil-Essonnes (Essonnes). In the silence of a cathedral, the eyes converge on a dry man with glasses, who says these words: "I make a wish: that our municipality reacts in the face of this trivialized violence. Never accept silence. »

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