A man was shot dead and four other people were more lightly injured in a shooting Monday evening July 18 in the 11e arrondissement of Paris, we learned from the Paris police headquarters, which specified that a suspect had been arrested. The second suspect “succeeded in escaping”said the same source.
“We saw a car coming, they came out with a weapon – I would have said a submachine gun or a Kalashnikov – they fired and they left”testified to Agence France-Presse, Antoine, owner of a nearby restaurant. “I just had time to tell the staff to go inside. Everyone ran away”he added.
“It lasted 20-30 seconds. I immediately understood that it was a settling of accounts and that the other establishments would not be affected”assured the restaurateur of this district marked by the attacks of January and November 2015.
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The injured people did not seem to have been injured by bullets, according to the first elements collected by the police headquarters.
According to the mayor of 11e borough, François Vauglin, the shooting took place in a “shisha bar”. “The bar patrons subdued one of the two assailants”added the chosen one in a tweet, denouncing a “barbaric act”. Many chairs were visible on the sidewalk in front of the bar and a security perimeter had been set up by the police, noted a journalist from Agence France-Presse on the spot.
An investigation has been opened for “voluntary homicide and attempted voluntary homicide”, has a source familiar with the matter. She was entrusted to the second district of the Paris judicial police.