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Many armed individuals clashed in Valence (Drôme) during the night from Friday to Saturday. An amateur video showing a man with a handgun, in which multiple bangs can also be heard, has been posted on social media.
Violent clashes took place in the Fontbarlettes district in Valence last night. The protagonists would come from two rival gangs and this confrontation would be linked to drug trafficking. “The perpetrators of these particularly serious acts will be identified and brought to justice”, said the sub-prefect of Drôme Bertrand Duclos in a press release this Saturday, adding that he condemns “In the firmest way these acts as scandalous as they are unjustifiable”.
No casualties were taken care of by the emergency services. The police were not alerted at the time of the facts, specified Bertrand Duclos. In addition, the prefecture confirms that “Bullet holes and 9mm cartridge cases were found”.
A creepy amateur video was posted on the Snapchat social network overnight. On this sequence of forty seconds, we hear many detonations which would be gunshots. Several individuals with masked faces are also visible, including one holding a handgun, pointing it in front of him, while standing behind a car.
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CRS as reinforcements
Following all of these facts, around forty CRS have been deployed as reinforcements since 5 p.m. this Saturday, in the same district, announced the prefecture.
Last night, police were also targeted by fireworks and stone throwing around 10:30 p.m., in the same Fontbarlettes district. The police were assisting the firefighters in intervention, when the latter were targeted by about forty hooded individuals indicates France Blue.
There is a “Absolute state of emergency in our neighborhoods” said the LR mayor of Valence, Nicolas Daragon, in a press release. “With the same determination, the State must act today to guarantee the security of all, before it is too late!” “
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