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Suspected of belonging to a network of contract killers, nine individuals taken into custody

2023-03-14T11:42:45.576Z


These suspects could be involved in at least one assassination project, perpetrated on July 18, 2022 in the 11th arrondissement of the capital and which left one dead.


A case that looks like a detective film.

It was while investigating following a shooting that broke out in Paris in July 2022 that investigators discovered the existence of a real organization of young contract killers.

Nine individuals, suspected of being part of this dismal consortium, were placed in police custody on Monday March 13, in particular for "

murder and attempted murder with premeditation in BO, participation in a criminal association for the preparation of a crime

”, according to information from Le

Parisien

, confirmed to Le

Figaro

by the Paris prosecutor’s office.

It all started on the evening of July 18, 2022, when a car stopped in front of La Petite Échappée, a shisha bar on rue Popincourt, located in the 11th arrondissement of the capital.

Two hooded individuals come out and shoot at a group seated on the terrace.

A 38-year-old man, Mamadou T., was killed and four other people injured.

"We saw a car arrive, they came out with a weapon - I would have said a submachine gun or a Kalashnikov - they fired and they left", had

then testified to AFP Antoine, owner of a restaurant close.

A network of hired killers at the origin of other assassinations?

One of the shooters got back into the car and managed to escape, but the other was overpowered by the establishment's customers who dealt him violent blows, before handing him over to the police.

At the end of his police custody, the shooter, a 16-year-old minor known to the police, was remanded in custody and charged with "murder

by an organized gang, attempted murder by an organized gang, acquisition and possession without authorization of weapons of categories A and B in meetings, and association of criminals with a view to crimes and misdemeanors

”.

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Mamadou T., the victim, being also unfavorably known to the police, the investigators of the criminal brigade initially favored the thesis of the settling of accounts.

But by pulling the thread, with the support of the police officers of the Central Office for the Fight against Organized Crime (OCLCO), they end up bringing to light the existence of a real structure of young criminals, which would have been specially commissioned to assassinate Mamadou T. The identity of the sponsor is still unknown, as well as his motivations.

But according to information from Le

Parisien

, investigators suspect the criminal organization of being behind other assassinations or attempted assassinations disguised as accidents.

For the nine police custody decided on Monday, the Paris prosecutor's office also retained as charges the "

participation in a criminal association with a view to the preparation of an offense punishable by more than 10 years of imprisonment, the acquisition and possession in assembly of war material, weapons and ammunition of category A and B, the prohibited carrying of war material, weapons and ammunition of category A and B by at least 2 people, transport without legitimate reason of material of warfare, weapons and ammunition of category Apart at least 2 people

”.

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Source: lefigaro

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