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FRENCH SOLDIERS SHOT DEAD BY MYSTERY GUNMAN
ARMENPRESS
MARCH 16, 2012
MONTAUBAN
MONTAUBAN, MARCH 16, ARMENPRESS: Two French soldiers have been shot
dead and a third seriously injured by a gunman on a scooter in broad
daylight in southwestern France, reports Armenpress citing Euronews.
The men, who were in uniform, were in the process of withdrawing
money from a cash machine in the town of Montauban. Police say the
gunman wore a helmet with the visor pulled down.
The third soldier was said to be in a critical condition in hospital.
"We heard gunfire, you now, like from an automatic weapon. Three
small bursts," said one witness.
"I saw two men on the ground, with someone giving some forceful heart
massage using their fists," said another man.
The attack came days after a 30-year-old soldier in civilian clothes
was shot dead in the nearby city of Toulouse.
The motive for the shootings is unclear. Police said they believed
the gunman in Thursday's attack had been waiting for his victims.
The French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said, from the scene in
Montauban, that he did not think the French army was being specifically
targeted.
ARMENPRESS
MARCH 16, 2012
MONTAUBAN
MONTAUBAN, MARCH 16, ARMENPRESS: Two French soldiers have been shot
dead and a third seriously injured by a gunman on a scooter in broad
daylight in southwestern France, reports Armenpress citing Euronews.
The men, who were in uniform, were in the process of withdrawing
money from a cash machine in the town of Montauban. Police say the
gunman wore a helmet with the visor pulled down.
The third soldier was said to be in a critical condition in hospital.
"We heard gunfire, you now, like from an automatic weapon. Three
small bursts," said one witness.
"I saw two men on the ground, with someone giving some forceful heart
massage using their fists," said another man.
The attack came days after a 30-year-old soldier in civilian clothes
was shot dead in the nearby city of Toulouse.
The motive for the shootings is unclear. Police said they believed
the gunman in Thursday's attack had been waiting for his victims.
The French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said, from the scene in
Montauban, that he did not think the French army was being specifically
targeted.