In the night from Saturday to Sunday, the town of Aigues-Mortes, in Provence, was the scene of a sad incident. A man, who was with his wife in a car in the parking lot of a supermarket locally, opened fire on eight occasions on young Muslims, and after uttering racist slurs. Young players were trying to break their fast when the man started shooting. The man, armed with a rifle, also referred to a mother and her nine year old daughter of North African origin who were in the parking lot of the same supermarket. He tugged at everything that moved, witnesses said on RTL radio.
The shooting has made only slight injury. The latter was shot in the back and thighs, says the same source. Once the police on site, the couple was arrested and placed in custody.
Intoxicated
In police custody, which began Sunday around 1:00 am, the man would not submit to alcohol test. It was only around 7 am he agreed to take control. Result: an alcohol content of 0.25 g / l, well above the amount authorized. Like its companion, the woman was also highly alcoholic. His alcohol level was 0.56 g / l during his arrest. According to witnesses, she would have reloaded the gun between shots after égaiement racially abused.
Monday, the court sentenced the Nîmes-old man 44 years old, in immediate appearance in four years in prison. The woman, she was sentenced to two years in prison. The couple had appeared to "ITT violence with less than eight days," with four aggravating circumstances: "premeditation," "alcohol", "weapon" and "membership of the victims of an ethnic group, race or religion ".