At shooting in France, two natives of Chechnya were wounded

Two natives of Chechnya have received gunshot wounds during a conflict in the French city of Rennes.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on June 14, 2020, in Dijon, 20 people were wounded in clashes of members of the Chechen Diaspora with local residents of Arab origin.

Two natives of Chechnya were wounded in a shootout that broke out in the French city of Rennes, the RIA "Novosti" reported on March 17.

The wounded men were in a group of people who gathered in front of the Carrefour City minimarket in the afternoon on March 17. They were approached by two young men in hoods and masks, one of whom took out a pistol and opened fire, the RIA has informed.

Two men, aged 30 and 31, received gunshot wounds; one of them was shot in the head and is in a state of clinical death, the "Vesti.ru" reported on March 17.

After the incident, policemen detained a 21-year-old suspect in the shooting. According to investigators' preliminary version, the incident in Rennes is connected with the settling scores among several drug cartels, the "Oreanda-News" reported on March 17.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 18, 2021 at 07:51 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.