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Retailleau Pledges Extra Resources in Clermont-Ferrand as Drug Violence Escalates

The visit underscored a pledge of added police support against what he called traffickers' 'barbarity'.

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Bruno Retailleau a réservé ce qui pourrait être sa dernière visite en tant que ministre de l'Intérieur à une ville qui n'était pas spontanément associée, jusqu'ici, au trafic de stupéfiants et à la violence, Clermont-Ferrand. Le 5 septembre 2025.
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Overview

  • Visiting on Friday, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said Clermont-Ferrand has reached “peaks of barbarity” tied to drug turf wars.
  • Four people have been killed since January, and two shootings in about an hour last weekend left three wounded, two seriously.
  • Retailleau cited the burned body found on 13 August as emblematic of the escalation.
  • He linked the surge to recent dismantlings and arrests that unsettled local networks and said a dismantled point of sale near the station will not be reinstalled as he prepares to announce added resources.
  • Clermont-Ferrand entered the “ville sécurité renforcée” program in late July, bringing several dozen CRS reinforcements, and residents report temporary relief even as some media urge public‑health responses over repression.