Two shots sounded to Sartène in the evening of this Thursday, August 14, shortly before midnight, targeting the gendarmerie without making a victim or damage, but triggering the opening of a judicial investigation.
The Ajaccio prosecution has opened an investigation for degradation and deterioration by dangerous means, with endangerment of a person depositary of the public authority, as well as for the illegal port and transport of weapons of category B. The research brigade of the Sartène gendarmerie company was seized.
The gendarmes on site, many of which house in the barracks, came out after hearing the shots.
A single projectile has reached the facade
“Criminal identification technicians have confirmed that one impact has affected the facade“Indicates the Ajaccio prosecution.
Images of the gendarmerie surveillance cameras have not yet delivered their results and the analysis is still in progress.
At this point, the intention of the authors remains uncertain. “” We do not know if it is the gendarmerie that was targeted, an individual, or if it could be a lost bullet in the context of festive shots linked to August 15 “Said the Ajaccio prosecution.