“Following the shots fired on rue Jean-Jaurès in Saint-Denis, two passers-by were victims of stray bullets”, announced in a tweet Friday evening the mayor of the city, Mathieu Hanotin.
“I call for calm and an immediate end to this unacceptable violence.
I address my thoughts to the victims currently hospitalized, ”adds the city councilor.
Following the shots fired rue Jean Jaurès at @VilleSaintDenis, two passers-by were victims of stray bullets.
I call for calm and an immediate end to this unacceptable violence.
I address my thoughts to the victims currently hospitalized.
My release ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/VM37FM6VQK
— Mathieu Hanotin (@MathieuHanotin) February 11, 2022
According to a police source, the facts took place on Friday, around 6:30 p.m.
Shots were fired in the Emaillerie district.
"Local police went to Place du Caquet following detonations," she told Le Parisien.
An open investigation
“On the spot, two people were wounded by bullets and transported to the hospital.
“A pregnant woman, seriously affected, is in absolute emergency, and an elderly man is in relative emergency.
They were able to receive first aid on the spot, before being rushed to hospital, assures Mathieu Hanotin.
According to the mayor, who protests against “the inevitable”, “it has been three days since mortar fire and gunfire have occurred in this neighborhood”.
“All our police forces are mobilized to find the perpetrators of these shots,” he announced.
The investigation was entrusted to the Departmental Judicial Police Service (SDPJ) of Seine-Saint-Denis.
