A second person was arrested on the night of Tuesday August 23 to Wednesday August 24, in connection with the murder of a 27-year-old Afghan on August 14 in Colmar (Haut-Rhin), learned France Bleu Alsace from the mayor of Colmar and the prosecutor this Wednesday, confirming information from the Latest news from Alsace. On Tuesday, a first suspect was arrested in Sarcelles (Val-d’Oise) and placed in police custody. It is a 17-year-old boy, suspected of having shot the victim.
50 CRS and BRI police officers were positioned near a building in the Europe district, in Colmar, on Tuesday evening to arrest this second suspect suspected of having provided the weapon used in the death of the young Afghan. He is a young adult, born in 2004, known to the police for acts of concealment, violence, narcotics, contempt and destruction of property, franceinfo learned from a close source.
The arrest took place around 2 a.m. in a building on rue d’Amsterdam. It took place calmly, according to the Colmar prosecutor. She specifies that two other people were arrested during this intervention, without specifying the possible links with this case.
Following the arrest made yesterday in Sarcelles as part of the investigation into the criminal acts committed on August 14 Rue de Berlin in Colmar, 3 other people were arrested this night, around 1 a.m., in the Europe district in Colmar. The investigations are continuing. pic.twitter.com/iL3YasaB9O
– Prosecutor – TJ of Colmar (@Proc_Colmar) August 24, 2022
On August 14, an altercation broke out between two groups of people in this same neighborhood. According to the public prosecutor, the victim had asked the driver of a noisy scooter to move away. He then returned with several people, triggering a fight and then firing a shot.
A judicial investigation has been opened for “assassination”. The investigation was entrusted to the judicial police of Mulhouse. She will have to determine the exact causes of the dispute and the circumstances of the shootings.