A 15-year-old teenager and an 18-year-old young woman were killed, three other people, including two children aged four years and nine months, were injured by firearms on the night of Sunday to Monday during an attack in an apartment in Fort-de-France (Martinique), we learned Monday (November 4) from a police source.
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Published on November 4, 2024 at 9:20 a.m.
All the victims are minors, with the exception of an 18-year-old woman, the same source added.
The events took place shortly before 10 p.m. in an apartment in the ZAC district of Rivière-Roche.
According to the first elements of the investigation, four people, arriving on site on a scooter, burst into an apartment in the Caribbean residence and opened fire on the occupants before fleeing.
A 15-year-old boy died on the spot and the young woman was taken to hospital, according to police and prosecutor sources.
A 16-year-old girl is still between life and death. The four-year-old child and the nine-month-old infant were injured in the legs but their lives are not in danger, according to another police source.
A woman was found unharmed. The motive for the shooting was unknown at this point.
