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Saint-Denis: two men indicted after gunshots in the city center

2021-12-24T15:07:52.764Z


There were no casualties but gunshots were heard on the night of December 19-20. The hypothesis of a new regulation of


It is not yet the Christmas break in Saint-Denis.

While in recent months, a precarious calm had seemed to settle, in recent months, in the city of the kings of France, three shots rang out during the night of December 19 to 20, at the intersection of rue Albert- Walter and Auguste-Blanqui, an area located in the city center, behind the town hall.

Fortunately, no injuries are a priori to be deplored.

"Identified, the victims were not physically affected", indicates the Bobigny prosecutor's office.

Is it intimidating fire or shots that missed their target?

At this stage of the investigation, it is too early to say.

Police managed to arrest two suspected perpetrators.

Two men aged 19 and 35 living in Saint-Denis were arrested by the Plaine Saint-Denis night squad.

The second is very unfavorably known to the police services.

"He is on repeat for offenses relating to weapons," reveals the prosecution.

During his police custody which ended on Thursday, he would have "partially acknowledged the facts", slips a source close to the investigation.

During the searches, he was seized, three handguns and a long weapon as well as a military grenade.

The hypothesis of a settling of scores, against a background of trafficking for the control of narcotics territories, remains privileged.

The departmental service of the judicial police (SDPJ) was seized of the investigation.

Regular restructuring of networks

The two suspects were referred on Thursday.

“The opening of information will take place this Friday, continues the prosecution.

They were indicted for attempted voluntary homicide and violence without ITT (temporary incapacity for work) with a weapon, participation in a group formed or an agreement established with a view to the preparation of one or more crimes and offenses punished.

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These facts are punished by ten years imprisonment.

Pre-trial detention requisitions have been made for the two alleged perpetrators.

The departmental service of the judicial police (SDPJ) was seized of the investigation.

The struggles to conquer or take over new territories are often accompanied by settling of scores.

Police operations and the shadowing of traffickers constantly lead to a reorganization of networks.

In recent weeks, an anti-drug crackdown launched in a city of L'Ile-Saint-Denis, near Saint-Denis, had made it possible to arrest eighteen people, seize 22 kg of cannabis and 80,000 euros in liquid.

Two days later, the lookouts were back on duty and the traffic had started again.

Source: leparis

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