One dead and five injured, three of them seriously, are the toll from a shooting during a wedding in Thionville in the Moselle, eastern France. Bfmtv learned this. The police source cited on condition of anonymity by the broadcaster explained that three hooded men, armed with two assault rifles and a hunting rifle, broke into a reception room, the Eden Palace, in Thionville, where a wedding of the Turkish community was taking place.
The motive for the shooting is unknown
The gunmen opened fire on three people outside and several others in the lobby before fleeing in a BMW. One of the people shot died, three others are in serious danger of life and two were slightly injured, according to the police source. The motive for the shooting is not yet known, but the judicial police have opened an investigation.
Maybe a settling of accounts
“We are clearly moving towards a settling of scores in the context of drug trafficking,” said one source, looking at the border area of Lorraine. “The wedding was not targeted as such, it was the people present at the wedding” at the Eden Palace, a reception hall where about 100 guests were present.
