A 17-year-old teenager was fatally injured Monday evening in Nîmes, the victim of a shooting in the popular Mas de Mingue district, a week after an almost similar tragedy in another deprived area of the city, we learned judicial source.
The teenager died after his transfer to the emergency department of the Nîmes University Hospital, confirmed to AFP the deputy prosecutor of the Republic of Nîmes Patrick Bottero.
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The shooting, shortly after 7 p.m., also left two injured: another teenager, found on the scene as soon as help arrived, and another young person discovered later, more slightly injured, still in the neighborhood.
The shooter (s) have not yet been arrested.
A vehicle, which may have been used for this operation, was found set on fire nearby later in the evening.
The investigation, entrusted to the judicial police, was opened for "
murder and attempted murder in an organized group, criminal conspiracy and destruction by fire
".
Nîmes had experienced a similar event barely a week ago, on January 18, with the death of a young man in an assault rifle shooting in the Pissevin district, another of these areas of the city plagued by drug trafficking.
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