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Drug trafficking: in Villeurbanne, residents exasperated after three shootings in their neighborhood in five days
Drug trafficking: in Villeurbanne, residents exasperated after three shootings in their neighborhood in five days – (France 2)
In the Tonkin district of Villeurbanne (Rhône), plagued by drug trafficking, three shootings broke out in five days. The last one took place Thursday, November 9, in the immediate vicinity of a school. The local residents are exasperated.
In a video amateur dated November 6, 2023, residents of Villeurbanne (Rhone) go down themselves to intervene against the traffickers. Exasperated by drug dealing and shootings, they ask a man to leave. The tension rises quickly, but the residents remain determined, and once again urge the drug dealers to leave their neighborhood, that of Tonkin. They question the Minister of the Interior.
The mayor calls for a strengthening of the police force
This action took place in this neighborhood plagued by drug trafficking, where three shootings broke out in five days. The latest date is Thursday, November 9. It took place in the immediate vicinity of a city school. Friday morning, in front of the establishment patrolled by the police, the parents of the students shouted their anger.
The mayor (P.S.) of the city, Cédric Van Styvendaelwho came to chat with the residents, was questioned by a mother. More than a hundred police operations were carried out in the district of Tonkin since the beginning of the year. The mayor once again asks the Minister of the Interior to strengthen the police force.