Overview

• Gunmen opened fire from a Peugeot 3008 on the evening of October 3 in the Moulins district near a drug point of sale, killing two people and injuring five.
• Investigators recovered 25 Kalashnikov-caliber 7.62 mm casings and five 9 mm casings, and the victims include minors with several having no apparent link to trafficking.
• The deceased were born in 1966 and 2005, and authorities say the conditions of the five injured have stabilized with no current life-threatening prognoses.
• A burned getaway vehicle matching the attackers’ car was found in Mougins; it had been stolen in Marseille and fitted with false plates, and no arrests have been announced.
• Around 60 CRS officers and more than 100 total police personnel have been deployed to secure the area, and a medico-psychological support cell has been opened for residents.