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Police open fire on charging migrant car in Calais
2017-11-27
[TheLocal.fr] French police opened fire Saturday on a car carrying migrants colonists near the port of Calais as it sped toward a group of officers trying to halt it for a check, authorities said.

None of the nine migrants colonists aboard the vehicle was maimed, but the car hit one of the officers and injured his knee.

Calais is a key jumping off point for migrants colonists seeking to break into Britannia-bound trucks or pay smugglers to help them get across the Channel.

"The vehicle hit an officer, whose knee was slightly injured. The officers opened fire", stopping the vehicle, a local official told AFP.

The six Iraqis and three Afghans in the car were enjugged
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
Earlier in the day five migrants colonists were maimed in an exchange of gunfire between groups of Afghan migrants colonists in Calais, which officials blamed on violence between traffickers.

That shooting does not appear to be linked to the car incident, which happened on a road leading to the port.

The local prefect's office told AFP the apparent score settling happened near a Catholic aid centre outside the centre of the northern port city.

One man was reportedly taken to hospital after being hit in the abdomen.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  None of the nine migrants colonists aboard the vehicle was maimed

We always doubted the French ability to shoot.

It's time they broke out the grape shot.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-11-27 07:25  

#1  Maimed but not martyred. Too bad.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2017-11-27 02:59  

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