A man in his thirties succumbed to his injuries after being hit by a shot in the head during the night from Thursday to Friday in this area of the Lyon suburbs, home to important deal points.
Le Figaro Lyon
The weapons have spoken again in Tonkin. Six months after the “Place Net XXL” operation, launched by the Minister of the Interior at the time, Gérald Darmanin, to put an end to the drug trafficking rampant in the neighborhood, a man was killed shot this Friday. He succumbed to his injuries after being shot in the head, says AFP. A 12-gauge shell casing was found at the scene. The author is on the run.
The mayor of the town, Cédric Van Styvendael (PS) renewed his calls for the sending of additional national police forces to Villeurbanne. His security assistant went there Friday morning to meet the residents. Some have formed collectives in recent months after successive settling of scores between traffickers against a backdrop of rivalry for holding deal points.
Soon a dedicated brigade
In the spring, a “Place net XXL” operation was carried out in the neighborhood to respond to the insecurity generated by the settling of scores in the fall. Calm had returned temporarily, but the dealers have since returned to service. The Rhône prefecture ensures Figaro that two CRS companies are still stationed in the neighborhood, awaiting the arrival of a daily security police brigade (PSQ), the creation of which had been announced by Gérald Darmanin.
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For his part, the LFI deputy for Villeurbanne, Gabriel Amard, called for the creation of a community police force and questioned the new Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, on this subject. “Villeurbanne and the whole country need a change in police doctrine”he insisted in a message posted on the social network
