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A bus was the target of a projectile Tuesday morning around 7 a.m., in the Bellevue district of Nantes.
It was a vehicle on line 40, which connects Place Mendès-France in this district to Neustria, which was targeted.
"No injuries are to be reported while several passengers, including young students, were on board"
, assures Le
Figaro
, Pascal Fontaine, the director of Voyages Quérard, the private service provider who manages this line for the Mixed economy company for public transport in the Nantes conurbation (Semitan).
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"It's the first time"
The projectile would have lodged in a window located at the rear:
“The driver saw nothing at all.
She just heard a noise that alerted her
.
After noticing an impact, the latter made the decision to stop her bus.
“His reaction was very professional.
She immediately informed the security headquarters of Semitan”
, he specifies.
Describing a “shocked”
employee
, the director of the company explains that a psychological follow-up will be offered to her if she feels the need for it.
"We've been running this line for years.
We have already had incidents but this is the first time that this situation has happened to us.
No bus had been targeted by a projectile
,” he recalls.
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Forensic records
Its nature remains to be determined.
It will be up to the police to try to do so.
“Members of the scientific police came to take readings
,” explains Pascal Fontaine, who adds that his company's bus was brought back to the depot after the incident.
"A side window is exploded
," he notes.
For its part, the departmental direction of public security (DDSP) of Loire-Atlantique affirms that it will be necessary to
“wait”
before knowing the results of the analyzes carried out.
“Unfortunately, this kind of incident is all too common.
Shooting a bus is very serious but some people seem to find it amusing
,” laments a member of the CFDT, the majority union at Semitan.
According to his information and the
"first findings"
, the projectile used on Tuesday morning would come from
"a small caliber"
.