A 17 -year -old teenager, arrested on Wednesday in possession of a shotgun, is now suspected of being the author of the Granada attack which injured fifteen people on February 12 in an associative bar in Grenoble.
Initially questioned for an attempted homicide linked to drug trafficking, he spontaneously mentioned his involvement in the attack, before retracting. But the investigators today have “material evidence” against him, according to the Lyon prosecutor, Thierry Dran.
Elements on another shooting
The adolescent arrested also revealed to investigators elements on another shooting, which occurred on the night of Wednesday to Thursday in Bourg-lès-Valence, in Drôme. During a surveillance operation carried out by plainclothes gendarmes, a man came out of a suspicious vehicle and opened fire on them. A gendarme retaliated and injured the shooter, but the vehicle fled.
Since then, four individuals have been arrested in this case. During a trip to Valence, Bruno Retailleau denounced a “gang war” which gangrene Grenoble and its periphery, deploring “a terrible rejuvenation of the killers and the killed”. The investigation, led by the interregional court specialized against organized crime (JIRS) of Lyon, continues to establish all the links between these series violence and identify possible sponsors.
War weapon attack
On February 12, around 8:15 p.m., a hooded individual had entered the Aksehir bar, located in the Olympic village district of Grenoble. Armed with an assault rifle, he had disgusted a fragmentation grenade before fleeing. The explosion made fifteen injured, including six serious.
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The use of such a “weapon of war” shocked the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau, who went there and promised to “find” the culprits. From the first days, the trail of organized crime was favored: the targeted bar was already under surveillance for suspicion of traffic, in particular cigarettes, and risked an administrative closure.
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