Le Figaro Nantes
The store was soon to close.
Suddenly, a masked individual appeared in it with a weapon in his hand.
The scene took place Wednesday evening, around 9:30 p.m., in a neighborhood supermarket located along Boulevard Jules-Verne in Nantes.
Once inside, the man who wore gloves, sounded a first detonation.
Fired in the direction of the ground, this shot was used to threaten an employee so that he gave him the cash register.
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Alerted by this noise, the store manager came to inquire about the situation.
His intervention scared off the robber who had been able, in the meantime, to seize the cash fund which he had placed in a garbage bag.
“There were a hundred euros”
, specifies in
Figaro
, the departmental direction of public security (DDSP) of Loire-Atlantique.
CCTV analysis
According to the police, the robber used an
"alarm pistol"
and
"blank bullets"
.
Three shell casings of this type, caliber 9mm, were found at the scene.
Of the three shots, one was believed to have been fired outside the trade.
No injuries are reported.
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Police say an investigation has been opened.
It is still in progress to identify the individual behind this robbery.
For this, the store's CCTV system is used.
"The videos are being analyzed
," confirms the DDSP.
