The 55-year-old was an unfortunate victim of a drug bust in Dijon, prosecutor Olivier Karakotche claimed at a press conference on November 26, Libération writes.
In Dijon, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, November 26, a 55-year-old man was shot dead while he was at home with his wife and daughter. “Everything suggests that he is a collateral victim.”said a police source.
Olivier Karakotche, Dijon prosecutor, confirmed to journalists that “Around 12:30 p.m., people in a car opened fire in the direction of some buildings on Blanca Street. A 55-year-old man was fatally wounded by one of the shots while he was in his home“. This man turned out to be “a very dramatic and unfortunate victim, only because he lived directly above the illegal drug distribution point”stated prosecutor Karakotch.
According to the prosecution, “at least two” The people traveling in the car were “several shots at the facade” Building located in the northeast of Dijon. According to the first results of the investigation, a stray bullet hit a man who was sleeping in his apartment. He was “mortally wounded while lying in bed”said the prosecutor. The alleged shooters remain at large.
“My father, mother and I were woken up by a series of gunshots and then everything stopped. Then it all started again, and when we went to visit my father, who was sleeping in his bed, he was dead.”his 23-year-old daughter told AFP.
One of the neighbors said: “They have been coming here for cocaine for a long time, it is a real business, there is a line from 10 in the morning.”. Several residents of the house confirmed on condition of anonymity “regular” Problems with distributors and consumers.
A few years earlier, the façade of the building in which this family, who arrived in France from Kosovo 14 years ago, lived, had already been hit by gunfire. “I would like France to do a better job of protecting its people.”said the victim’s daughter in shock and through tears, declaring that she wanted “leave Dijon”.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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