A man was shot and wounded on Place Abbatucci in Huningue (Haut-Rhin) this Sunday, July 30 in the afternoon. He was airlifted to Mulhouse hospital in absolute emergency according to the firefighters.
Place Abbatucci in Huningue, a town adjoining Saint-Louis and Basel (Switzerland), was the scene of an attempted homicide this Sunday, July 30, 2023 around 3 p.m., according to an elected official present at the scene. A man was shot and injured.
“We do not yet know in what circumstances it happened, but what is certain is that he was taken to hospital“, informs Jules Feron, deputy mayor in charge of security. According to the firefighters of Mulhouse, the man was in absolute emergency during his transfer, which means that he had to be taken care of as soon as possible. .
According to him, the shooter fled and has not yet been identified by law enforcement. “The City of Huningue is making all its resources available to the police, in particular video protection devices, so that the investigation can progress.“
A security perimeter was set up around the place where the shooting took place, according to the deputy mayor. Traffic is therefore disrupted around Place Abbatucci. The perimeter should be lifted in the evening.
