Terror in Lille as hooded gunman shoots three people outside Metro station in French city then esca
Source: SunUK
A DRIVE-BY shooting in central Lille has left three wounded after a hooded gunman opened fire outside a train station.
The shooter has reportedly fled the scene leaving several victims including a schoolboy with gunshot wounds.
Armed police have now sealed off all roads leading into the city centre as they try to contain the situation and catch the gunman.
French reports say there were several shots fired near the Porte dArras metro station at around 9.50pm.
Its said a 14-year-old boy had been shot in leg and at least two others youths had been injured.
Read more: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3174784/terror-lille-gunman-shoots-three-people-outside-metro-station-in-french-city/
elleng
(131,138 posts)according to local radio, and reports suggest it may have been a settling of accounts in a local dispute linked to drugs.'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/lille-metro-station-shots-fired-three-injured-a7649321.html
7962
(11,841 posts)Although it is one of the first i've heard overseas
Marthe48
(17,035 posts)I know that terror attacks happen all year long, but seems like they flare up in the spring months. Prayers for the victims and their families.
George II
(67,782 posts)...and it's not terrorism but gang warfare and drug related.
One can't escape stuff like this no matter where one lives.
sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)California today.
elmac
(4,642 posts)russian mafia, they are big time in Europe, drugs and sex trafficking, here to.