Three men killed in Fort-de-France, the mayor calls on the State-Liberation
An emergency meeting is to take place this Martinique authorities on Monday, May 12, in the aftermath of the shooting on Monday, May 12, which killed three people in Fort-de-France. The three men were slaughtered around 7 a.m. (1 p.m. in Paris) in front of a fast-food store in the center of the chief town of the Antilles Island, said the prosecutor of the MartiniqueYann broke, adding that the shooting (s) were on the run.
At least 45 9 mm caliber sockets were found on the scene, according to a police source. « »It is premature to say if it is one or more shooters« Said the prosecutor, who went to crime. However, the first testimonies relayed by a police source, claim that there were two shooters, who then fled into two-wheelers.
« »We heard a noise, like a noise of machine guns, rifles, but we thought they were fireworks« Said a witness on the radio, under cover of anonymity. « »When we approached, we saw three guys on the ground« , He added. Baler’s impacts were visible on vehicles several tens of meters from the crime scene.
The investigation was entrusted to the police station of the prefecture of Martinique. « »Investigators must have been allowed to do their job« , By analyzing »videos, hearing witnesses and studying the environment of victims« Recalled the public prosecutor. Even if for the time the identity specified by the victims has not been revealed, two of them were nevertheless known to the police.
« »It’s a shock, it’s going early in the morning, at an hour when there are people who walk, there are people who run … it strengthens our feeling of insecurity« , Reacted the mayor of Fort-de-France, Didier Laguerre. According to the elected official, « It is time for exceptional measures to be taken to stop the circulation of weapons»On the territory. « »The state must put the means« , He said.
Since the beginning of the year, twelve people have been killed in Martinique, including nine shot. Weapons circulate there with ease and narcotic trafficking develop. In 2024, the department where 350,000 people were already displayed the third higher Homicide rate of France With 24 murders, including 17 per firearm.
The prefect of Martinique, Etienne Desplanques, « will present in the days the measures implemented specifically to control the traffic of weapons« Said the prefecture on Sunday in a press release.
« »The new episode of violence which took place in Fort-de-France is unbearable and requires the mobilization of all political and social actors against drug trafficking and the circulation of weapons« , For his part reacted to X the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau. « »The State will do everything to find the authors and to court them« Promised the Minister, also a candidate for the president of LR.
