A 43-year-old man wanted for fatal shootings at Lamparo, a bar in the center of Ajaccio, on the evening of Monday, December 23, surrendered approximately forty-eight hours later, on the evening of Wednesday, December 25, the prosecution announced. from Ajaccio. He was placed in police custody, said the Ajaccio public prosecutor, Nicolas Septe. A 33-year-old firefighter was shot dead and six people were also injured by bullets or shrapnel.
The “trail of a private dispute between the author of the shots and the victim” is privileged, the prosecutor said on Tuesday. The investigations are in the hands of an investigating magistrate for “attempted murder” and “murder”, and entrusted to the judicial police. The facts aroused a lot of emotion in Corsica.
” Ajaccio [Ajaccio, en corse] and Corsica mourn one of their children, whose life was cut short, and several seriously injured. The time has come for mourning. There will necessarily come that of collective reflection to put an end to this madness”Gilles Simeoni, president of the Corsican community, wrote on Tuesday on X.
Lamparo closed for two months
“Human life seems paltry compared to weapons”for his part estimated the mayor of Ajaccio, Stéphane Sbraggia, on the same social network, adding: “It is also up to us to fight collectively against these evils which are plaguing our society and threatening our youth. »
The Lamparo was closed for two months by prefectural order in the face of “the repetition of serious criminal acts within a short period of time” but also in the face of “significant risk of recurrence”. The “management of this business constitutes a source of serious disturbance to public order”underlined the prefecture.
On the night of November 15 to 16, the boss of Lamparo was hit by two shots in the leg in front of his establishment, without his life being in danger. A man was remanded in custody for attempted homicide.
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