Le Figaro Nice
The tension does not fall in the district of Moulins, in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). After Friday's shooting, new shots were fired west of the city on the nights of Sunday to Monday and Monday to Tuesday, says a police source. On Monday, around 0:45 a.m., a person was hit by a bullet in the buttock. The man was taken to hospital but his prognosis is not life-threatening.
According to the first elements, a dozen shots were fired in his direction. On the spot, the police, quickly dispatched Avenue de la Méditerranée, found shell casings. Bullet holes were also discovered in an apartment, says the Figaro prosecutor's office in Nice. Investigations are ongoing to find out if a link exists between these different shots.
Five detonations had also been heard Sunday evening, around 22:40, at the level of the rue de la Santoline. Again, the projectile cases were identified at the scene. No individual has yet been arrested in connection with these facts, says the same police source Investigations have been opened and are being conducted by the Departmental Security.
For two nights we have been facing tensions that are actually reactions to the massive operations carried out over the past month.
Anthony Borré, First Deputy Mayor of Nice in charge of Security
Guest of the morning of France blue azure, Tuesday, the first deputy Nice in charge of Security, Anthony Borré, wants "new means" because he notes that "offenders adapt to the presence that is ours, including at night". Nevertheless, he sees it as a positive sign that the police presence and regular arrests (30 per week on average) strain the various gangs and disrupt drug trafficking. "It's been two nights that we have been facing tensions that are actually reactions to the massive operations carried out for a month," said Christian Estrosi's right-hand man.
As of this week, drones will be able to be used by the national police, as notified by the prefect maralpin Bernard Gonzalez following Friday's shooting. New "distant" cameras will be installed in addition, but Anthony Borré wants to go further. "I do not resolve to this fatality, we must change our device," added to the microphone of France blue the one who advocated the use of the army in the district of Moulins.
It was Eric Ciotti, deputy of Nice and president of the Republicans, who had reacted first on Twitter about these new shots. "I think of the inhabitants exasperated by this situation who little by little want to desert this territory held by drug traffickers," he wrote on the social network. Let us commit all available means to reconquer this lawless zone!"