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Kendji Girac was successfully operated on in a hospital in the suburbs of Bordeaux on Monday evening. Investigators want to hear from the singer as soon as possible. What are the possible avenues to explain his gunshot wound?
Kendji Girac is out of danger. He was operated on Monday at the end of the day at the Haut-Lévêque hospital in Pessac, near Bordeaux, to treat his gunshot wound, which occurred the same morning in the Traveler reception area of Biscarrosse in the Landes. . He had a gunshot wound to the chest.
The Mont-de-Marsan public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into attempted intentional homicide. The police want to hear from the artist as soon as possible about the circumstances of his injury.
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Several details appear intriguing.
Did the singer hurt himself?
Kendji Girac spoke of an “accidental shooting”, according to the Mont-de-Marsan prosecutor’s office. “He played with the thing and bam,” explains one of his uncles Emiliano. “We played guitar, quietly.” The circumstances still remain unclear. The police arrived at 6:40 a.m. at the Travelers reception area. Is this a schedule for handling or cleaning a firearm?
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Why was the gun hidden in a bush?
When the police arrived at the reception area, people told them that nothing had happened. However, the singer was seriously injured by a gunshot. During the day, the weapon was found, without its magazine either inside or next to it, in a bush in the reception area, “on the indication of family members”, indicates the Mont-de-Prosecutor’s office. Marsan. The weapon is currently being analyzed.
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Could the weapon have been purchased at a flea market?
Kendji Girac would have told the emergency services that he had bought the weapon in a flea market. The flea market of La Teste-de-Buch in Gironde was cited. This town in the Arcachon basin hosted a flea market on Sunday April 21. However, it is theoretically forbidden to buy an 11 caliber automatic pistol at a flea market. Also known as the Colt 45, this weapon is prohibited for over-the-counter sale.
Could he have been the victim of a settling of scores?
“It’s not a settling of scores, it’s an accident,” assures Emiliano, one of the singer’s uncles. However, the gendarmerie investigation is open for attempted intentional homicide. As part of this investigation, the gendarmes took samples from the singer’s wife to identify possible residues left by the shooting. The angulation of the bullet mark in Kendji Girac’s body, the possible burn of his skin or clothing will be important indications to understand what could have happened.
Kendji Girac will be questioned as soon as possible by the gendarmes from the Pau research section who are responsible for the investigation. “He is fine,” said one of his relatives briefly as they left Pessac hospital. Kendji Girac has not yet reacted officially on his social networks.
