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General Category => World News => Topic started by: edpc on May 21, 2018, 07:28:40 pm

Title: Marseille shooting: Hooded men open fire with Kalashnikovs
Post by: edpc on May 21, 2018, 07:28:40 pm
HOODED gunmen have opened fire with automatic rifles, kalachnikovs, in Marseille, in south France – with one person reportedly injured.

The men opened fire on a group of young people not far from the cultural space known as ‘La Busserine’, local media Corse-Matin reports.

Three vehicles with the masked individuals arrived in the city’s district of Busserine at 5pm local time, France’s ACTU17 said.

Police exchanged fire with the shooters and officers have set up a cordon.

At this time it is unclear if any arrests have been made, but police are investigating.


https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/963079/france-news-marseille-shooting-police-latest (https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/963079/france-news-marseille-shooting-police-latest)
Title: Re: Marseille shooting: Hooded men open fire with Kalashnikovs
Post by: driftdiver on May 21, 2018, 08:02:32 pm
Automatic weapons are illegal in France.

Just sayin
Title: Re: Marseille shooting: Hooded men open fire with Kalashnikovs
Post by: Cyber Liberty on May 21, 2018, 08:15:32 pm
Quote from: driftdiver on May 21, 2018, 08:02:32 pm
Automatic weapons are illegal in France.

Just sayin

I don't believe this story either.  It's impossible.
Title: Re: Marseille shooting: Hooded men open fire with Kalashnikovs
Post by: edpc on May 21, 2018, 08:52:27 pm
The victim was hit several times in a hail of bullets after two gunmen opened fire as he sat with a drink in a snack bar.

He was in “serious condition”, according to France TV, after being shot more than once in the legs.



Looks like they were after a specific person.
Title: Re: Marseille shooting: Hooded men open fire with Kalashnikovs
Post by: TomSea on May 22, 2018, 01:22:56 am
Sounds a bit like organized crime. France has some of that, I think more of it in Marseille and Corsica, their island, I believe is known for that as well.
Title: Re: Marseille shooting: Hooded men open fire with Kalashnikovs
Post by: driftdiver on May 22, 2018, 01:50:00 am
Video of the shooting here.  https://www.dailywire.com/news/30908/watch-footage-emerges-shooting-france-involving-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro (https://www.dailywire.com/news/30908/watch-footage-emerges-shooting-france-involving-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro)

Does seem more like a statement by gangs.
Title: Re: Marseille shooting: Hooded men open fire with Kalashnikovs
Post by: mountaineer on May 22, 2018, 07:49:34 pm
I had sworn I'd never again travel to France, but then I discovered an ancestor who left the Alsace for America back in the 1730s and it's too intriguing not to visit my "homeland."