One of the people injured during the shooting during a wedding in Thionville, during the night from Saturday to Sunday, has died, indicated the Nancy prosecutor’s office in charge of the investigation via a press release sent to The essentialThis brings to two the number of victims shot down by heavy weapons.
The French justice system also indicates that the vital prognosis of the two other victims hospitalized in absolute emergency is no longer engaged. No new communication is planned at this stage, specified the deputy prosecutor.
Sunday, around 1 a.m., a wedding bringing together around a hundred guests from the Turkish community at the Eden Palace turned into a tragedy when “three hooded men, dressed in black, heavily armed, presented themselves in front of the entrance to the room and shot at people who were outside. Several dozen rounds of ammunition were fired,” said the JIRS (Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction) of Nancy, competent in matters of organized crime, in a first press release, released on Sunday.
Four people were hit and two others suffered minor injuries, notably due to broken glass. “The investigation continues under the classification of murder by an organized gang and attempted murder by an organized gang,” said the court, while being cautious about the motives for the shooting, which remain “unknown” at this stage.
According to a source from theAFP, the investigation is moving towards a settling of scores linked to drug trafficking. The victims are from the Metz region.
