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Hooded gunmen fire on French police in Marseille: source
Source: Reuters
Hooded gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles fired on police in the French city of Marseille, where Prime Minister Manuel Valls was paying a visit on Monday, a police source said.
Elite police trooops were being sent to the scene in the northern suburbs of the Mediterranean port city, the source said by telephone.
Caroline Pozmentier, deputy mayor of Marseille, suggested the incdient was part of a problem of drug trafficking in the area.
A school had been evacuated, she said, adding: "This battle against drug trafficking is a long-term battle."
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/09/us-france-shots-idUSKBN0LD10O20150209
From the Washington Post:
Clashes with drug gangs and human traffickers occur regularly in the Mediterranean port of Marseille. The area of Monday’s violence, the Castellane housing project in the city’s northern suburbs, is known as a center for drug networks.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/reports-gunmen-open-fire-on-french-police-in-marseille/2015/02/09/85d2c568-b04c-11e4-854b-a38d13486ba1_story.html
