Night lighting, private security guard… Faced with a wave of insecurity, a small town in Loire-Atlantique forced to equip itself

A merchant was robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning in Saint-Julien-de-Concelles (Loire-Atlantique): cash and two cartons of two cigarettes were stolen from him. An unprecedented event for this town of 8,000 inhabitants located around fifteen kilometers east of Nantes which, on the same night, was affected by three attempted intrusions into food businesses in the town center. Some had already been visited three weeks ago.

“Thursday morning’s episode is a cut above. Everyone was a little fed up. What’s happening is scary.”confides François Sauvêtre, president of UNIPRO, which brings together traders. Faced with this wave of burglaries to which the city is not accustomed, a meeting immediately took place at the town hall in the morning. “It’s been a few weeks that it’s been gaining momentum”observes Éric André, deputy mayor in charge of security. “We must put in place means to quickly reassure and send…