Capesterre-Belle-Eau: Shooting kills two and wounds four, including a child
Gunfire outside a bar in Capesterre-Belle-Eau killed two women and wounded four people, including a young child. Authorities are considering the possibility of a settling of scores.
Capesterre-Belle-Eau: Shooting kills two and wounds four, including a child
On 30 June 2026, shortly after nightfall, gunfire erupted outside a bar located in the municipality of Capesterre-Belle-Eau, in Guadeloupe. The tragedy claimed the lives of two women. Four other people were also struck by gunfire, among them a small child.
Stéphanie Bazart, magistrate heading the Basse-Terre prosecutor's office, confirmed to L'Éveil de la Haute-Loire that multiple shots had been fired at the group assembled on the terrace of the establishment. Judicial police gendarmes were assigned the case, opened for involuntary manslaughter. The magistrate emphasised that this investigation should make it possible to clarify the motives and to reconstruct the facts precisely.
All the victims were evacuated to a medical facility. The condition of some of them is causing particular concern among healthcare workers, the prosecutor's office also stated.
This tragic event is part of a climate of recurring violence, fuelled by drug trafficking and the disputes that accompany it. It prompted strong reactions from the following morning.
The municipal official of the commune announced on Radio Caraïbes International that the patron saint festival, scheduled for that evening, would be cancelled. He also called for "greater mobilisation to limit the circulation of weapons" on the island territory.
Jocelyn Sapotille, who chairs the association of mayors, reacted on the internet by affirming that "this tragedy must provoke a true mobilisation of the state, but also of our society, of our families, of our elected officials."
On the part of local Socialist Party representatives, it was deplored that "the probable underlying cause of drug trafficking only serves to strengthen the gravity of this tragedy."
Both in Martinique and in Guadeloupe, political leaders are alarmed at the increasing quantity of pistols and rifles in circulation, a phenomenon directly linked to drug trafficking. The French Caribbean islands now constitute a privileged corridor between the South American continent, the North American continent and Europe.
Source: Google News GP — Crime