police reinforcements maintained “as long as necessary”, says the boss of the national police Frédéric Veaux

The police reinforcements sent to Valence (Drôme) since the middle of the week after the series of deadly score settlements in the city will be maintained “as long as necessary”said Saturday, May 13 the director general of the national police, Frédéric Veaux, during a press conference which France Bleu Drôme Ardèche attended.

This Saturday morning, a third man was killed by firearm in Valencia, the third death by firearm in four days, after the death of a 29-year-old man who was shot dead on Tuesday evening and that of a man circulating by scooter overnight from Thursday to Friday. These first two murders had required the sending of 36 CRS reinforcements in the city, which must remain until Monday. The third murder took place around 9:30 am, avenue de Chabeuil. The victim is known to both the police and the justice system for acts related to drug trafficking.

“The painting evokes organized crime”

“Nothing allows for the moment to link” the death of this Saturday morning “to the other two, but the profile of the victim and the method make the painting evoke organized crime”explains to France Bleu Drôme Ardèche the public prosecutor of Valence, Laurent de Caigny.

The homicide did not take place in the priority security zone squared by the police and CRS this weekend. The Prefecture affirms that all the staff of the department, that is to say the reinforcements and the “classic” staff, were mobilized.