A 39-year-old man was shot dead on Wednesday evening in a sensitive district of Nîmes known to house narcotics sales outlets and already the scene of settling of scores, we learned this Thursday, January 5 from concordant sources.
The public prosecutor of Nîmes, Cécile Gensac, confirmed this death to AFP on Thursday, specifying that the man was "
known to justice for convictions for attacks on property and persons and drug trafficking
".
Emergency services and police rushed to the scene
“
I heard gunshots around 10:45 p.m.
I looked out the window and saw a guy on the ground
, ”explained to an AFP correspondent a resident of this district of Pissevin, after requesting anonymity for security reasons.
The man was dead when help and police arrived a few minutes later, according to a source close to the investigation.
The investigation was entrusted to the judicial police of Nîmes.
According to the former prosecutor of Nîmes, Eric Maurel, around twenty settling of scores linked to narco-banditry had bereaved the city of Nîmes in 2020 and 2021, respectively killing eight and three dead in these two years, including a 17-year-old teenager. .
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Most of these murders took place in the districts of Pissevin, Chemin Bas and Mas de Mingue, three outlying districts of Nîmes made up of blocks of buildings and towers.
Created in the 1960s to house populations from the rural exodus, repatriates from North Africa and then immigrant workers, these neighborhoods share alarming socio-economic indicators with a poverty rate of up to 70%. and massive unemployment.
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