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The calm of the night was broken in the morning, this Friday, August 15, 2025 in Rennes. A man was found “inanimate and bloody” Around 5 am, by passers-by, at 1, boulevard Emmanuel-Mounier, a stone’s throw from Place du Gros-Chêne, in Maurepas, said the deputy public prosecutor, Jean-Marie Blin, contacted by Rennes newsconfirming Ouest-France.
The witnesses of this macabre discovery then called the police services. Arrived on the spot, the police noted that the victim “presented Warm wounds Especially in the legs and chest, ”says Jean-Marie Blin. Unfortunately, the assistance also mobilized could not have resuscitated the victim and could only note his Death on site.
“The police had received a call for a few moments before their intervention reporting A man pursued by a dozen other people. A neighbor would have heard someone screaming ‘Kill him, kill him’Relates the prosecution.
A dozen people in question
The deceased man was aged 21 ans And “lived in the Rennes agglomeration,” continues the deputy public prosecutor.
He had already been implicated in cases related to cripples on drugs on drugs and sentenced in 2022 to a sentence of 6 months’ imprisonment with a probationary stay for acts of detention and assignment of drugs and drug use.
According to the first observations on the crime scene, the investigators assume that “the facts are In connection with the activity of a resale point of narcotics close to the place of discovery of the body ”.
Several shootings in the neighborhood
As a reminder, the Maurepas district-and in particular the Gros-Chêne sector-has been the scene of many violence such as shootings and shots since August 2024.
Saturday, October 26, two rival bands had violently clashed with firearms, leading to a major police operation.
Later in the evening, a car had been the target of firearms, in Pacé. A 5 -year -old was very seriously injured after being touched on the head. In Maurepas, the following Monday, the prefect Amaury of Saint-Quentin went to the neighborhood to support the police and the CRS 82 exceptionally deployed. Friday 1is November, the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau had in turn returned.
In December, Frédéric Teillet, public prosecutor of Rennes, announced the arrest of a dozen people linked to the shootings of the summer of 2024.
The shots were calmed for a time in the neighborhood, which was again the scene of violence on June 22, 2025.
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