A man was the victim of kidnapping and kidnapping by a group of individuals in an unknown number on Monday evening,
the Nîmes prosecutor's office
told
Figaro
on Tuesday, March 30, confirming information from
Midi Libre
.
An investigation was opened and entrusted to the Nîmes judicial police service (SPJ).
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A group of criminals managed to take the victim forcibly aboard a vehicle before he managed to flee and warn the authorities, not without having been assaulted, as explained by Éric Maurel, the prosecutor. of the Republic of Nîmes.
Several individuals were arrested in the wake and placed in police custody.
"All are very unfavorably known and are linked to narcobanditism in Nîmes,"
said the magistrate.
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Last Sunday, an individual was shot and wounded after an attack by an armed man in the Pissevin sector, south of Nîmes, as revealed by
Midi Libre
.
An investigation for attempted assassination had been entrusted to the Nîmes branch of the SRPJ in Montpellier.
However, there is nothing to link the kidnapping of this Monday to the attempted homicide of Sunday.