Hooded men attack wedding in Lorraine with assault rifles
Members of a Turkish community are celebrating a wedding in France, near the German border. Suddenly, several armed men appeared before the banquet hall and opened fire. A young man died in the hail of bullets, several guests were injured. Detectives for Organized Crime are investigating.
During shooting at a wedding reception in France, there was one dead and five injured in the night on Sunday in Thionville, Lorraine. In a city hall near the German and Luxembourg borders, around 100 people were celebrating in a banquet hall called "Eden Palace", where members of the Turkish community were having a wedding. Three masked and black-clad assailants with two assault rifles and a shotgun fired dozens of shots at guests, according to the Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office in Nancy.
The assailants arrived around 1.00 am in a 4x4 vehicle and opened fire first on three people waiting outside the banquet hall, where the Turkish community was having a wedding, reported France Info. They then fired on two people at the entrance and fled with their vehicle.
A young man was killed, three other victims were critically injured, and there were also two lightly injured people due to flying glass shards, according to the prosecutor's office. In addition, a pregnant woman suffered a shock, as reported by the local newspaper "Le Républicain Lorrain".
When the emergency services arrived, the shooters had already fled. The investigation was entrusted to the Direction for Organized and Specialized Crime (DCOS) in the Moselle department, according to the prosecutor's office. The assailants were charged with premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder.
The media reported that the forensic police were still securing the crime scene in the morning. Numerous cartridge casings were found, according to "Le Républicain Lorrain". The background of the attack and the motives for the shooting are unclear. According to investigators, there is a video surveillance system on site.
The investigation into the wedding reception shooting in Thionville, Lorraine, is being handled by the French Direction for Organized and Specialized Crime (DCOS), as the attackers are believed to be involved in organized crime.
The Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office in Nancy stated that the attackers, wearing masks and armed with assault rifles and a shotgun, attacked the Turkish community's wedding celebration in France, near the German border.
This violent incident at an international wedding in France has raised concerns about the involvement of organized crime in such events, and the police are taking necessary measures to ensure the safety of future celebrations.
