PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Nov 18, CMC – A Brazilian man involved in a shooting in the Apuma area of French Guiana that left at least one person dead, has been handed over to French authorities after they had requested his deportation.
The suspect, who was residing here illegally, is suspected of serious criminal offences in French Guiana. He came to the Richellieu police station in the Commewijne district on November 15, seriously injured, to report the incident.
A statement from the Public Relations Unit of the Public Prosecution Service said that during his interrogation, the police noticed that the man was giving inconsistent statements and that after further investigation it turned out that the man was linked to a shooting incident in which two rival Brazilian gangs shot at each other in the Apuma area.
The statement said that the incident resulted inat least one death.
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