An armed man shot dead a Pôle Emploi adviser in Valence on Thursday morning, before going to a company in Ardèche where he injured another woman, said a police source, confirming information from
Dauphiné Libéré
.
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Around 9:00 a.m., the man entered a Pôle Emploi agency where he fatally affected an employee, according to the same source.
He then went to the premises of a company specializing in waste collection in Guilherand-Granges (Ardèche), on the other bank of the Rhône, where he seriously injured an employee by gunfire.
As the suspected gunman fled by car, crossing a bridge in the direction of Valence, his vehicle struck a police car trying to intercept it.
The man was then arrested.
His motivations were not immediately known.
“
The tragedy that occurred in Valencia mourns the whole country.
To the families and loved ones of the victims, I address my support and assure them of the solidarity of the Nation.
My thoughts are with the staff of Pôle Emploi in Drôme, whose emotion and sadness I share
, ”Prime Minister Jean Castex wrote in a tweet.
Labor Minister Elisabeth Borne, who is due to go there in the afternoon, said for her part "
very moved by the tragedy
".
"
All my thoughts are with the relatives of the victims and the agents of Pôle Emploi,
" she tweeted.
The investigation was entrusted to the regional service of judicial police of Valencia.