France One dead and one injured in shooting attack in Alsace

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6.8.2024 - 18:29

ARCHIVE - The flashing blue lights of a French Police Nationale patrol car in Strasbourg, France. Photo: Patrick Seeger/dpa
ARCHIVE - The flashing blue lights of a French Police Nationale patrol car in Strasbourg, France. Photo: Patrick Seeger/dpa
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One person has been killed and another seriously injured in a shooting attack in Mulhouse, Alsace. French media reported that two people on a motorcycle were shot at from a car near the regional court in the center of the city near the German border, citing the police. According to initial investigations, the crime can be attributed to the criminal milieu.

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As the BFMTV channel reported, the car first rammed into the motorcycle before the two victims were shot at. The car was found abandoned in front of the court. An armed suspect had been arrested. Two other people are being searched for.

As the local newspaper "L'Alsace" reported, there is said to have been a chase along one of the main streets of the Alsatian city before the car rammed into the motorcycle on the sidewalk by the court. The gunman is then said to have shot the motorcycle's driver and passenger, who were lying on the ground. Rescue workers were unable to help the 30-year-old rider of the motorcycle. The 27-year-old passenger was injured in the leg.