The 5-year-old child is hospitalized at Rennes University Hospital. According to AFP, he was hit by two bullets, one in the ear, the second in the head. Operated on the night of Saturday to Sunday, his vital prognosis was still in jeopardy this Sunday.
What are the circumstances of this chase?
Saturday October 26, around 10 p.m., his 29-year-old father, living in the Maurepas district of Rennes, took his 5-year-old son to his ex-partner, residing in Vezin-le-Coquet, on the outskirts of Rennes. Arriving nearby, a Peugeot 3008 vehicle started chasing him. On board, three hooded individuals. Arriving at the Ponant roundabout, at the entrance to Pacé, ten kilometers from Rennes, the vehicle being pursued, a red Opel Astra, attempts to turn around. She comes under fire. According to the Prosecutor's Office, the father felt “a shock” before discovering his injured child lying in the back seat. His pursuers disappeared into the night. Emergency services provided first aid to the toddler. Four 7.62 mm shell casings were found by the gendarmes during their findings. At the time of writing, vehicle 3008 and its occupants are still actively sought. The investigation was entrusted to the research section of the Rennes gendarmerie.
What are the links between the shooting and the chase?
The profile of the father of the injured child appears to be the main link between the shooting on Saturday morning in the Maurepas district and the bloody chase on Saturday evening. This 29-year-old resident is known for drug trafficking, judicial sources indicated. The Minister of the Interior mentioned, on the social network
What are the consequences of the Maurepas shooting?
According to the Rennes Public Prosecutor's Office, the intervention of the Raid and the deployment of significant police resources triggered after the burst of shooting on Saturday morning led to “around twenty arrests which only gave rise to identity checks with the exception of a person placed in police custody.” The investigation, entrusted to the Division for Combating Organized and Specialized Crime (DCOS, formerly DIPJ), is ongoing.
What political consequences?
Questioned by Le Télégramme, the mayor of Rennes, Nathalie Appéré, condemns this violence. The priority is “at the national level. The country has demonstrated that it can confront the terrorist threat, by implementing lots of things, such as anti-intrusion devices and strengthening the presence of law enforcement in public spaces,” he said. she indicated.
For his part, the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, announced the deployment of CRS 82 in Rennes “to protect the inhabitants of the drug gangs who control this district. The new regional prefect, Amaury de Saint Quentin, will take office tomorrow (Monday October 28) and will be responsible for immediately leading this war.”
