INFO EUROPE 1 – New shooting in Sevran in Seine-Saint-Denis: the death toll rises to two deaths

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8:28 p.m., May 5, 2024

After a shooting this Friday leaving one dead and several injured in an absolute emergency, a new shooting broke out this Sunday around 6:30 p.m. in the Cité Basse in Sevran, in Seine-Saint-Denis. The death toll is two. The perpetrators are on the run.

Two shootings in less than 48 hours in Sevran, in Seine-Saint-Denis. This Friday, a 28-year-old man was killed and several were seriously injured by gunshots during the night from Friday to Saturday in the Beaudottes district. This shooting is attributed to violent turf wars that authorities say are being waged by drug traffickers.

This city had been the subject of an anti-drug operation “XXL square”

This Sunday, Sevran is once again the scene of a shooting in the Cité Basse district, against a backdrop of drug trafficking. Around 6:30 p.m., two people died. As for the perpetrators of the shooting, they are on the run. According to the AFP, they were already known for acts related to drug trafficking, according to one of these sources.

Many police officers were present at the scene on Sunday evening, noted an AFP journalist. Two mobile force units were sent to the site, said a police source. After Marseille, Sevran was the subject of an anti-drug operation “XXL square net” on March 25 with the aim of stopping trafficking. In this city, the Rougemont city deal point had been “eradicated”, the police headquarters said on Saturday.

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