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Eight Arrests in Nîmes Execution Case as Shootings Roil Rennes, Grenoble and Cannes

Eight arrests in the Nîmes execution case highlight a coordinated judicial response to drug‑linked turf killings now striking several mid‑sized French cities.

Overview

  • Prosecutors in Nîmes said eight people were arrested and placed in custody over the July killing of a 19‑year‑old whose execution was filmed and partly burned body found near Saint‑Bénézet.
  • The Nîmes inquiry is proceeding under counts of murder in an organized gang and association of criminals, with suspects detained at multiple locations across France.
  • In Rennes, a 25‑year‑old was found shot dead in a car after multiple fusillades near drug dealing spots in Villejean and Le Blosne, prompting the urgent deployment of CRS 82 riot police.
  • In Isère, the prosecutor reported two men aged 18 and 22 were killed following a large brawl in Échirolles and Grenoble, and investigators have not, at this stage, linked the deaths to narcotics trafficking.
  • In Cannes, a man in his twenties was fatally shot inside a La Bocca residence and the gunman remains at large, with Mayor David Lisnard decrying the spread of firearms and urging a security "sursaut."