a suspect, his brother and his mother arrested

A shooting, killing one, took place this Thursday morning in the city center of Nantua, in Ain. A suspect surrendered after taking refuge in a bicycle room. He is currently being heard in police custody.

By
Justin Boche
And Esther Paolini

Published update

Le Figaro Lyon

A shooting took place this Thursday mid-morning at Nantuaa small town in Ain located near the lake of the same name. A man was shot and killed near a downtown cafe, while two others were injured. The suspect was arrested at 2:50 p.m., indicates the gendarmerie to the Figaro, confirming information from Progress . The Bourg-en-Bresse prosecutor’s office confirms that the individual surrendered himself without difficulty after the arrival of the GIGN and has since been placed in police custody for murder and attempted murder. His brother and mother were also taken into custody for complicity in the murder, “pending the determination of the exact role and involvement of each in the occurrence of the facts“, Indicates the parquet floor of Bourg-en-Bresse.

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According to the first elements provided this Thursday evening by the latter, two individuals, Mehdi I. and Yanis I., arrived suddenly aboard a Citroën Saxo in front of a bar located in the city center of Nantua, at 10:12 am. As they got out of the vehicle, they immediately attacked a group of two other individuals on the sidewalk in front of the bar. The tone rose and a crowd formed in confusion. Another car arrived with 19-year-old Mustafa G. and a passenger on board. A violent fight broke out between the latter and the groups already present. It was then that Mehdi I., 29, pulled out a handgun and shot the young man before fleeing on foot in an adjacent alley.

He took refuge in a building located very close to the scene, where he locked himself in a bicycle room. Mehdi I. finally surrendered when the GIGN was about to intervene. “The arrest took place without difficulty.“, specifies the parquet floor of Ain. Inside, the gendarmes found a 22 caliber long rifle pistol.

One dead and two injured

During his short escape between the scene of the crime and the place where he took refuge, Mehdi I. was pursued by several individuals and by gendarmes already present at the scene. In his escape, he fired once in the air and then a second time behind him, seriously hitting in the hip – without his vital prognosis being involved – one of the people who were trying to catch up with him. The latter was airlifted to the Lyon Sud hospital, where she underwent surgery. A third person, Mourad D., was kicked and punched during the altercation. He was taken care of by firefighters.

Regarding the victim, Mustafa G., the medical examiner confirmed that she was “died fairly quickly after being hit by a projectile that passed through her biceps and ended up in her chest“. An autopsy will be carried out in Lyon on Monday June 5.

The first custody hearing is still in progress and the defendant admits being the source of the shooting but simply claims to have defended himself. “In the current state of the investigation, the causes of the dispute and the links between the various protagonists are not yet known.“Concludes the prosecution, which entrusted the investigation to the Lyon research section co-seized with the Gex research brigade.

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Since this Thursday morning, around fifty gendarmes have been deployed in the town of 3,500 inhabitants. On Twitter, the mayor of Nantua, Jean-Pascal Thomasset, indicates that following these “dramatic events“, a psychological support cell and a listening cell by elected officials will be open by this evening in the town.

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