On Sunday October 6, at 3:30 a.m., a man was seriously injured on rue Saint-Michel in the city center of Rennes after being shot. An attempted murder “linked to the turf war between drug traffickers in Gros-Chêne” declared, after the events, the mayor (PS) of Rennes Nathalie Appéré, referring to the main square of the Maurepas district. This Monday, October 28 in the evening, two men were arrested, announced the public prosecutor. “The commando dressed in dark and hooded clothing, each armed with a handgun, fired three times at the victim, injuring him in the abdomen. Immediately taken care of by emergency services, the victim was transported to Pontchaillou University Hospital. explains Frédéric Teillet. A dispute linked to a drug debt is at the origin of this attack confirms the magistrate.
Provisional detention
The two men, arrested,very unfavorably known to the police and the justice system“, were placed in police custody. Presented to an investigating judge, they indicted for attempted murder by an organized gangcriminal association with a view to committing a crime and possession of category A weapons. They were placed in pre-trial detention.
