A 19-year-old woman was killed on Saturday February 16 by bullets while led her companion’s vehicle to Ponte-Leccia to Haute-Corse.
The drama could be a mistake. While leaving a car alone, usually used by her spouse, a 19-year-old was hit by bullets on Saturday February 15 shortly before 10 p.m., in the village of Ponte-Leccia, in Haute-Corsica. She died of her injuries.
“As it stands, no hypothesis can completely be excluded or privileged, but it is very likely that the victim targeted was not that sought by the shooters in a very evocative context of the actions of the great organized crime,” said Jean-Philippe Navarre, public prosecutor of Bastia, in a press release.
An investigation was opened
The facts took place at the exit of a home, located by the road, explains Corsica morning. According to the first elements of the investigation, the young woman was taken in an ambush, of which she would not have been the target. So did the attackers after the victim’s companion? It is still too early to find out.
An investigation was opened for voluntary homicide in an organized gang. It was entrusted to the services of the Corsican research section and the DIPN (Interdepartmental Directorate of the National Police) in Haute-Corse, reports The Parisian. This is the third homicide by bullets committed in Corsica since the beginning of the year, counts Corsica morning.