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A 14 year old boy was killed in a shootout in Trappes (Yvelines) on Friday afternoon, and another wounded slightly more by men aboard a car, do we learn from police sources.

Authors fled

The shots erupted 1530 in Square Albert Camus, where a dozen casings were found. The neighborhood was quiet in the late afternoon on Friday, according to a police source. The authors, who fired from a black Renault Clio, fled before abandoning and burning their vehicles in Beynes, a town located a few kilometers from Trappes, said a police source first. They are actively sought by the police officers of the PJ de Versailles in charge of the investigation.



Died of a shot “in the abdomen”

The young miner, named Moussa , died of a shot “in the abdomen” while the other victim, “slightly wounded in the right leg,” was taken to the André Mignot hospital, according to the same source. “You start to collect more evidence,” said one second police source, who hopes to interview in the evening light injured. “It’s much too early to tell if it is a settlement account, if it is a stray bullet,” said Pierre-Henry Brandet, spokesman for the Interior Ministry on BFM.

A “shocking” death to Bernard Cazeneuve

On Twitter, the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve described as “shocking” the death of the boy, and assured that “everything is done to bring the perpetrators to justice.” In recent weeks, several areas of the city have been the theater of clashes and settling on drug trafficking funds.

On April 15, gunfire had resounded on the same square Albert Camus, causing no casualties. A young man aged 22 was arrested before being released for lack of sufficient evidence against him.