Five people were shot dead this Saturday, December 14 in Loon-Plage and Wormhout, near Dunkirk (North). The alleged perpetrator went to the gendarmerie after the incident, he was arrested and placed in police custody.
Four people were shot and killed in Loon-Plage, near Dunkirk, this Saturday, December 14, BFMTV learned from a police source. The events took place between 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The victims, two security agents and two migrants, were killed in two different places, said Eric Rommel, mayor of the town. The two agents were patrolling the port area when they were targeted, he reports.
Further on, two migrants were killed, also between Loon-Plage and Dunkirk, adds the councilor, without being able to give any information on the profile or motivations of the killer, who would be “originating from the urban area” of Dunkirk.
A fifth homicide in Wormhout
The man claiming to be the perpetrator of the murders went to the Ghyvelde gendarmerie. He indicated that he was the author of a fifth homicide which occurred in Wormhout, according to a source close to the investigation.
The Northern firefighters indicate that they were called to intervene at 3:15 p.m. for this homicide. According to the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) of the North, it concerns a 29-year-old man, found “inanimate on a public road and lying with a bullet hole”, who died on the spot.
The circumstances of these tragedies are still unknown at this time. A judicial investigation is open, the prefecture told AFP.
Alexandra Gonzalez and Arthus Vaillant
