The details are still just coming out. The video we are working on titling now says the shooter was in possession of an AK47. For now, here is the first English article I can find. H/T Tundra T
RUVR:
Three people killed in shooting in France
Three people killed and one injured in shooting opened on the streets of Istres, southern France.
The tragedy occurred today at 14:00 local time (16:00 MSK), French media reported.
The suspect has been arrersted after pursuit, his identity is not disclosed. It’s a young man aged 20. He was stopped by police at one of the crossroads of Istria, located 60 km north-west of Marseille.
According to initial reports, the shooter used a pump-action shotgun. Motives of the suspect are unknown.
3 pics on this page :
http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/990/Buitenland/article/detail/1621928/2013/04/25/Dolle-schutter-doodt-drie-mensen-in-Zuid-Franse-Istres.dhtml
5 on this one :
http://www.nu.nl/buitenland/3407616/man-doodt-drie-mensen-straat-in-frankrijk.html#slideshow-/slideshow/1893749/popup.html
He can’t have been in possession of an AK-47. It’s not possible. France has strict gun laws, and we all know that gun laws work, don’t they?
@Softly Bob
The UK has strict gun laws too, but the sad fact is that criminals, especially imported ones, can easily get these weapons if they have the right contacts and they often do. We are going to see a lot more of this sort of thing.
In St. Anne’s in Nottingham, if you go to the right pub and speak to the right man you will get a Makarov 9mm semi-auto pistol and 50 rounds of ammo for £45.
Perhaps if France had had the good sense to declare itself a gun free zone, then this wouldn’t have happened. Like that school and that cinema in the USA.
@tondor13:
I forgot to put the sarcasm tags on my previous post……
10 pics on this page :
http://www.corriere.it/esteri/foto/04-2013/sparatoria-francia/adolescente-kalashnikov/francia-adolescente-kalashnikov-uccide-tre-persone_7e1f9e62-adcf-11e2-9202-c83d8fd61b81.shtml#1
French alternative media suggest link to Al Quaida, at least that the perpetrator claimed some kind of link.
http://www.fdesouche.com/367690-fusillade-a-istres-un-homme-se-revendiquant-dal-qaida-tue-trois-personnes-en-pleine-rue
Over the winter the heads of al Qaeda keep repeating that he was declaring war on France and the US, in the near future we will see if these are simple one off terror attacks or part of a campaign.