Armed males opened fireplace at a marriage social gathering in southeastern France early Sunday, killing the bride and wounding three others, stated a supply near the investigation.
The assault within the village of Goult occurred round 4:30 am.
In line with preliminary info, the bride and groom have been leaving the social gathering after they have been confronted by masked assailants who opened fireplace, the supply near the investigation added.
The bride died and one of many attackers was killed, run over by the bride and groom’s automobile as they tried to flee, the supply stated.
A big-scale operation involving round 100 police has been launched to search out these accountable for the capturing, in line with the supply.
The three injured folks have been the groom, his sister and a 13-year-old baby, in line with Le Figaro. Officers didn’t say if the kid was associated to the couple, however a supply near the case informed the Solar the 13-year-old was the newlyweds’ son.
A pedestrian walks in a avenue of the city the place a deadly capturing came about throughout a marriage social gathering in Goult, within the southern French division of Vaucluse, on June 22, 2025.
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The Avignon prosecutor’s workplace has opened an investigation for “murder and attempted murder by an organized gang,” Le Figaro reported.
Investigators are wanting into whether or not the capturing needed to do with a doable settling of scores.
“I think it was targeted,” the city’s mayor, Didier Perello, informed reporters, in line with Le Figaro.
Goult is positioned in southeast France, about 55 miles north of of Marseille, a port metropolis that has been just lately shaken by drug-related violence. In 2022, Goult had a inhabitants of simply over 1,000 folks.
