A shooting breaks out in France, near the Luxembourg border: 5 injured, 3 seriously

A hooded man fired from a vehicle before fleeing. Four victims are in Meurthe-et-Moselle, and one victim in Moselle.

A shooting left at least 5 injured, including three seriously this Saturday in Villerupt, in Meurthe-et-Moselle and in a neighboring town in Moselle, not far from the Luxembourg border, Agence France-Presse learned from the authorities.

A hooded man fired from a vehicle before fleeing, Guillaume Petitclair, first deputy mayor of the town of Villerupt, told AFP. Three injured were classified in absolute emergency, one of them with vital prognosis.

In Villerupt, “there are four injured, two of them seriously, one of them has just been helicoptered by the emergency services,” he told AFP. “These are three young men and a young woman, who are probably between 15 and 20 years old.”