Suspected of being the author of the fatal gunshots in a bar in Ajaccio this Monday, a 43-year-old man surrendered this Wednesday. He was taken into custody.
A 43-year-old man wanted for fatal shootings in a bar in the center of Ajaccio on Monday took himself prisoner on Wednesday, December 25, the Ajaccio prosecutor's office said in a press release.
He was placed in police custody, said the public prosecutor, Nicolas Septe. He is suspected of being the author of the fatal shooting of a young firefighter, within the establishment Le Lamparo in the center of Ajaccio, Monday evening.
Six people were also injured. The “track of a private dispute between the author of the shots and the victim” is favored, the prosecutor indicated on Tuesday.
“Human life seems insignificant compared to weapons”
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. “Aiacciu (Ajaccio in the Corsican language) and Corsica are mourning one of their children, whose life was cut short, and several seriously injured. The time is for mourning. The time for collective reflection will necessarily come to put an end to this madness “, Gilles Simeoni, president of the Corsican community, wrote on Tuesday on X.
“Human life seems paltry compared to weapons,” said the mayor of Ajaccio, Stéphane Sbraggia, on .
Le 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 the “significant risk of recurrence”. The “management of this trade constitutes a source of serious disturbance to public order”, underlined the prefecture.
On the night of November 15 to 16, the boss of Lamp had been 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.
