Overview
- In Rennes, several shootings struck known drug-dealing areas in Villejean and Le Blosne, a 25-year-old was found shot dead in a car, and CRS 82 reinforcements were deployed.
- Near Grenoble, two young men aged 18 and 22 were killed after a large brawl spanning Échirolles and Grenoble, with the Grenoble prosecutor disputing a proven link to drug trafficking.
- In Cannes, a man in his twenties was fatally shot inside a residence in La Bocca, the attacker remained at large, and Mayor David Lisnard called for a broad security surge.
- In the July Saint-Bénézet case near Nîmes, eight suspects were arrested and placed in custody over the filmed execution of a 19-year-old, under an investigation for murder in an organized gang.
- After Reims’ Ligue 2 match against Laval, mortar fire injured five police officers; a 36-year-old was placed under formal investigation and remanded in custody on multiple counts of violence against police.