INFO THE DISPATCH. Shots in a nightclub in Toulouse: two young men taken into police custody
Two young men were arrested and questioned by departmental security police on May 24 and June 23. But after interrogations and searches, the suspects were released for lack of evidence.
It’s a real psychosis. Every weekend in France, customers of nightclubs file complaints for stings. And the Haute-Garonne is not spared. “To date, we have around thirty cases of this kind in the department”, observes Samuel Vuelta-Simon, the public prosecutor.
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he police officers from the departmental security experts’ unit are investigating about twenty files. For one of the cases, two young men were placed in police custody on May 24 and this Thursday, June 23. These two friends were suspected of having nicked a woman in the queue outside the O’Club nightclub, chemin de Gabardie, in Toulouse. That evening, this girl had felt a sting in the hip. She suspected the two teenagers standing right behind her. But neither the interrogations nor the searches confirmed the suspicions. “My client was released, as was his friend. They did absolutely nothing. The video images of the nightclub are clear, ”said Me Jocelyn Momasso-Momasso, one of the two lawyers. Following these checks, the public prosecutor recognizes “difficult investigations to carry out”.
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Blood tests came back nothing.
Every week, however, victims present injuries in the form of small red pimples to the police and gendarmes. Some are even seized with discomfort or vomiting. Is it drug, alcohol, or stress related? “The numerous blood tests of the victims, submitted in specialized laboratories, did not bring anything concrete”, confides the prosecutor.
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“For the moment, in the absence of concrete evidence, we are also exploring the hypothesis of pranks led by young people. With social networks, everything is possible. Instead of syringes, they may use thumbtacks or other objects discreet and sharp”, imagine a policeman. Until we know more, this phenomenon is taken very seriously.
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