a migrant shot dead near the Loon-Plage camp, another injured, according to the Dunkirk public prosecutor’s office

A migrant was shot and killed on the night of Saturday February 3 to Sunday February 4 near the Loon-Plage camp (North) and a second exile was injured, AFP learned from the Dunkirk public prosecutor’s office.

According to prosecutor Charlotte Hutet, a man died in the night “as a result of a gunshot wound”after having been “found, still alive, on the banks of the A16, in the town of Grande-Synthe then transported to hospital”. “According to the first elements of the investigation, this man resided in a migrant camp near the place where he was found”she clarified, adding that “his identity is being confirmed”.

A migrant, who also resided in this camp according to initial information, was injured without his life threatening, also reports the Dunkirk prosecutor. An investigation was opened, entrusted to the judicial police. No arrests have taken place at this stage. According to a manager of a migrant aid association, 500 to 600 people currently live there.