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Posted on 05/21/2018 10:57:35 AM PDT by Simon Green
HOODED gunmen have opened fire with automatic rifles, kalachnikovs, in Marseille, in south France – with one person reportedly injured.
The men opened fire on a group of young people not far from the cultural space known as ‘La Busserine’, local media Corse-Matin reports.
Three vehicles with the masked individuals arrived in the city’s district of Busserine at 5pm local time, France’s ACTU17 said.
Police exchanged fire with the shooters and officers have set up a cordon.
At this time it is unclear if any arrests have been made, but police are investigating.
Marseille’s Marines-Pompiers, the city’s fire and rescue service, is also at the scene.
This is the second shooting in the city in a matter of weeks.
Last month a man, said to be in his thirties, was seriously injured in a shooting outside a restaurant in central Marseille
The victim was hit several times in a hail of bullets after two gunmen opened fire as he sat with a drink in a snack bar.
He was in “serious condition”, according to France TV, after being shot more than once in the legs.
The shooting took place in broad daylight shortly before 3pm local time (2pm GMT) on April 17.
There are said to be several witnesses to the brazen attack on Avenue Camille Pelletan.
Since the start of the year, six people have been killed in shootings in Marseille, France TV said.
And three more people have been killed in gun violence in the wider Bouches-du-Rhone area
The only way to fix this is to ban AR-15s in America.
Some people just don’t get the joke, after all these years.
That could be, and the presumption is rebuttable. But I think all investigations of these kinds of senseless mayhem and murder should begin with the presumption of the perps being Islamic Jihadists. Over the years almost all large-scale senseless mayhem and murder have proven to have been perpetrated by Islamic Jihadists.
Their comments section is closed. Wonder why.
Obviously this is because Trump cancelled the Iran treaty and moved the US embassy to Jerusalem. /sarc Thanks Simon Green.
They shot him in the legs?
Weird way to recruit employees for IHOP....
I tell you all this is FAKE NEWS and did not happen. After all, France has really strong gun control laws that prohibit possession of of AKs, especially full auto AKs. Since gun control laws are always obeyed and always work, this just didn’t happen.
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Please, please they are just tolerantly celebrating French diversity by performing a simple Islamic sacrament. How can anyone be a racist by being offended by something no different than a devout Catholic taking communion or a Jew taking his son to a Bar Mitzva?
They were actually filming an “A-Team” episode.
Sarcasm...
Marseille has always been heavily muzzified. Must be the stress of ramadamashitadan that makes them angry and shoot up people.
Feh, that's one hour in Chicago.
As always, those who have guns in a gun-free zone easily exert their will.
All I can say is that it’s a miracle only one was injured....either that or they purposely missed...no one can be that bad a shot .... can they?
It is called "spray-and-pray" for a reason ...
Strange, I thought they have strict gun control in France ....
Russian collusion?!!
Off the force, due to forcible addiction that evil Marseille gangsters induced on him in French Connection II. Probably dead by now.
and I'm sure its just a mystery why these shots were fired...
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