An offensive grenade, a shotgun and an assault rifle... Police officers from the anti-crime brigade (Bac) and the departmental intervention company were mobilized in Trappes (Yvelines), this Friday evening, for shootings. 'firearm.
Residents dialed 17 around 11:15 p.m., after hearing four detonations in the heart of Square Jean-Macé.
Greeted by several residents, the police were taken to number 7, where they discovered two empty 12 caliber cases and a round green grenade, appearing to bear an inscription in Cyrillic characters.
The scene was filmed by a local resident
The police immediately deploy a security perimeter.
According to mine clearance specialists who intervened on site during the night, the explosive device was an offensive grenade originating from eastern countries.
It was in working order but did not explode "probably because the perpetrators had failed to put it into action correctly", estimates a police source.
A witness sent a video to investigators: around 11:15 p.m., the arrival in the neighborhood of four hooded men, boarding a Kia car, was filmed.
Three of them dismount.
One member of the trio shoots into the air several times, with a shotgun-type weapon.
Another was holding an assault rifle, which he did not use.
The team got back into the Kia and fled towards La Verrière, the neighboring town.
A few hours later, around 3 a.m., Bac police officers, on patrol in Square Léo-Lagrange, about 4 km away, discovered a handgun under a parked car.
This time it was a revolver, with two bullets in the barrel.
Three men were seen near the vehicle.
These two episodes, which we do not know if they are linked, have not, for the moment, given rise to any arrests.