Overview
- The attacks began around 9:15 p.m. in the Mas de Mingue neighborhood when assailants in a car opened fire near a mosque and a known drug-dealing location.
- A 50-year-old man was fatally shot and died on arrival at the hospital, while a man in his 30s suffered non-life-threatening wounds to both arms.
- Investigators found the attackers’ vehicle torched later that evening in the Pissevin district, indicating arson to destroy evidence.
- Shortly afterward, two motorcyclists fired at bystanders on the Route d’Arles, but no injuries were reported in that incident.
- No suspects have been arrested as authorities examine potential links between the shootings and months-long drug-turf conflicts in southern France.