Retailleau calls for “legislative rearmament”

“The death of Nicolas in Ardèche is a new tragedy”. The Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau reacted this Sunday to the death of the young 22-year-old rugby player, killed by a bullet in the head in Saint-Péray on Halloween evening at the entrance to a nightclub. Justice has opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of the shooting, which is linked to drug trafficking, according to a police source.

The host from Beauvau, who spoke on Saturday of “a tipping point” in the violence linked to drug trafficking on the sidelines of a trip to Rennes, once again called for firmness in the face of«ultraviolence»Who “sows death and chaos”. “The fight we must wage requires legislative rearmament and determination from everyone and at every moment”the minister wrote again. Young Nicolas belonged to the same rugby club as Thomas, killed almost a year ago at a ball in Crépol, also in Drôme.

This week, attacks linked to drug trafficking have caused numerous victims in France. In Poitiers, a shooting left one dead and four injured, all minors. Two other shootings broke out 24 hours apart near Valencia, costing the life of an 18-year-old in addition to Nicolas. The previous Saturday, a five-year-old child who was a passenger in his father’s car was seriously injured by a gunshot to the head during a chase that occurred shortly after a shooting linked to drug trafficking in Rennes.