More gun crime in Annemasse

Seven people are in French police custody after a shooting Monday evening at a drug-dealing spot in Ville-la-Grand, on the edge of Annemasse

Shots were fired around 8:30pm at Prè des Plans, one of several sites where tensions between rival dealers have escalated across the Annemasse area in recent weeks.

Officers seized a semi-automatic weapon during the operation.

The commune sits directly across the Geneva border and is home to thousands of daily frontalier commuters.

Investigators are still piecing together how the incident fits into the wider turf war.

 

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