Balaclavas, bulletproof vests and weapons of war. Two videos posted on social networks show men keeping watch around a deal point, being heavily armed. Images shot in the Mistral district, renowned as a hub of drug trafficking in Grenoble.
The atmosphere has been tense for several weeks in the city. Several shootings, for settling of scores, left three dead and wounded.
The prosecutor of the Republic of Grenoble, Eric Vaillant, affirms to take this affair seriously but suspects a "staging" of the dealers. The Grenoble prosecutor's office has opened an investigation.