Hichem Miraoui shot dead in Puget-sur-Argens by an armed racist
Hichem Miraoui was shot dead on Saturday evening in the Var by an armed man. The victim lived in a dilapidated industrial zone in Puget-sur-Argens.
Death of Hichem Miraoui in the Var: emotion in Puget-sur-Argens
Hichem Miraoui, known as "Mamskro", was shot dead on Saturday evening in Puget-sur-Argens, in the Var, by a man described as a heavily armed racist. According to humanite.fr, the victim lived, for lack of an alternative, in an abandoned industrial zone, along the edge of a railway line.
The Barestes neighbourhood, situated between Draguignan and Fréjus, is a succession of commercial signs — Bricomarché, Maxibat, Retif, Loxam — served by a narrow slip road leading to warehouses and garages. Behind some closed metal shutters were makeshift dwellings: without windows, sometimes fitted out with a mezzanine.
Christian Alminana, deputy mayor of the commune (right-wing diverse), admits to having heard talk of "sleep merchants", without ever having visited the places. "What would be the point? It's private, anyway," he said. The municipality had until then exercised no control over these premises.
Seals were affixed to the Barestes following the tragedy. Emotion is running high in this commune of 9,500 inhabitants, where the death of Hichem Miraoui has highlighted both the precarious living conditions of some residents and the racist violence that framed it.
Source: Google News FR — Crime (fr)