Vital prognosis for an Irishman targeted by shots

Saturday, around 8 p.m., in the Villejean district, northwest of Rennes, two men in a car shot two other men who were near a supermarket. The suspects fled, according to a police source.

The first victim, a 53-year-old Irishman, was injured in the chest. His vital prognosis is in jeopardy. According to a witness to our colleagues from West Francethis man had a knife in his hand.

A neighborhood plagued by drug trafficking

The other man, aged around forty and of Chinese origin, was hit in the leg and slightly injured, according to the same police source.

Last weekend, around ten shots were fired in the same place, without causing any injuries, in this neighborhood where there are several deal points. Contacted, the Rennes public prosecutor’s office has not yet responded.