A 10-year-old boy has died in a drug brawl in Nîmes, southern France. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Tuesday morning that it was apparently a settlement between drug dealers. “This is a huge drama that will not go unpunished. The police have already arrested numerous drug dealers in recent weeks and will increase their presence with all determination,” said the minister.
As broadcaster BFMTV reported, the child was in an uncle’s car late Monday night when a shooting broke out.
Prosecutor Cécile Gensac said the man was injured in the incident in the Pissevin neighborhood of the city of Nîmes, which was affected by drug trafficking. The shooter or shooters are on the run, according to investigative circles.
Bun was in the back seat of the vehicle
According to the information, the boy was in the back seat of the vehicle that was attacked by the neighborhood on Tuesday night on the way. The child was hit and later died in hospital. Another child in the back seat was unharmed.
“Absolute Tragedy”
The gun strike was apparently linked to the battle for sovereignty over the region’s drug trade, Gensac said. The family the two victims came from had “absolutely nothing” to do with it. She had experienced an “absolute tragedy”.
In January, a 39-year-old was shot dead in Pissevin in connection with a drug dispute. Nîmes is located in the south of France between Montpellier and Marseille. As the broadcaster BFMTV reported, special units of the riot police (CRS) would now be sent to Nîmes to take action against the drug trade. Recently they have also been deployed in nearby Marseille to curb the drug trade there.
Source: Krone
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