Boy, 15, Shot Dead in France as Prosecutors Blame Drug War
Prosecutors said the attack was likely a settling of scores linked to drug trafficking, part of a wider wave of gang violence.
- On Thursday evening in Nantes, shooters killed a 15-year-old and wounded two others in a tower block hall. Nantes Prosecutor Antoine Leroy said shots were fired at the three youths in what was likely a "settling of scores" linked to drugs.
- France is battling drug crime in several cities, with gangs ensnaring teenagers into dealing. Mayor Johanna Rolland said her city was in mourning over a shooting "very likely linked to drug trafficking."
- Angeline, an 18-year-old nail technician, said she was returning home from grocery shopping when the shooting occurred. Stella, a 35-year-old, gripped her three-year-old son whose trousers were dotted with blood.
- Paola, an aunt of the victim, urged authorities to improve security, stating "I'm so fed up." She added it is "not normal for young people to lose their lives like this."
- Investigators are also probing a Monday fire in a tower block outside Lyon that killed three people, including a 29-year-old. They are examining whether the incident, where two individuals fled on a scooter, involved similar "violence between drug traffickers.
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After a new shooting linked to drug trafficking, the executive promised a firm response. Following the shooting that broke out on the evening of Thursday 14 May in Nantes, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez went to the neighbourhood of Port-Boyer where the tragedy took place. "This event only strengthens the determination that is mine, and that of the government, to continue this intractable struggle against narcotrafic, which leads to dramas," dec…
After the brutal death of a 15-year-old boy in Nantes, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez visited the scene of the shooting on Friday. He promised to continue his "intractable fight" against the drug traffic. This "gangrene the country", lamented the mayor of the city.
French city reels from teen killing in drug-linked shooting
France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nunez on Friday pledged to stamp out drug crime after shooters killed a 15-year-old in the western city of Nantes in a suspected settling of scores linked to dealing. France is battling drug-fuelled violence in several cities, with dealing spots near residential buildings and gangs ensnaring teenagers into the trade. The shooting on Thursday evening, which also wounded a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old, is the la…
A shooting took place on Thursday around 7:30 p.m. in a neighborhood of Nantes (Loire-Atlantique). From the ground floor to the first floor, the stairwell was hit with bullets. In this new settlement of accounts against the background of drug trafficking, the age of the victims calls. A fifteen-year-old was killed and two others were injured. This is not the first time this happened in this neighborhood, where the inhabitants can no longer get v…
A 15-year-old boy was killed in a shooting and two other 13- and 14-year-olds were injured on Thursday night in Nantes. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, who went to the scene, repeated his...
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