In what looks like footage from a conflict zone, four masked gunmen armed with rifles and pistols cornered and shot another masked individual in front of a building in the dangerous Vénissieux neighborhood in the city of Lyon.
In a shocking video from a witness, one individual armed with a pistol opened fire on the victim, who fled for his life.
🇫🇷🔥Combat footage from France
Masked gunmen in Vénissieux, armed with assault rifles and pistols, battle in the middle of the day on a residential block.
Video from a witness shows an attempted execution of a masked victim, who was shot twice with a pistol before he fled for… pic.twitter.com/EYtZeyvDjh
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) April 15, 2026The attack, on April 11 at 1:00 p.m., has been followed by a range of shootings in the multicultural neighborhood, to the point that the postal service has suspended service to the area.
The victim, who was shot in front of the 129 Joliot-Curie Boulevard high-rise building, is a known drug trafficking hotspot.
After the shooting, an individual armed with a long rifle began opening fire on the building.
🇫🇷'Tis the Season in France
Two men on a Yamaha T-Max bike opened fire with a Kalashnikov rifle near a drug dealing spots In Vénissieux near Lyon on Dec. 27.
Witness filmed the shooting. No injuries were reported but police continue to investigate.pic.twitter.com/65jjQFbyeL
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) December 29, 2025According to police reports, at least one individual was shot twice and injured during the incident. An investigation remains ongoing but news reports indicate that a suspected gangland shooting linked to the drug trade could be a factor behind the shooting, according to Lyon Mag.
Since March 29, there have been four shootings in just this one area of Joliot-Curie, involving an ongoing turf war over the drug trade.
Despite police flooding the area to suppress the violence, postal workers have grown so concerned that the central post office took the exceptional decision to suspend deliveries to the area. A poster was placed in numerous buildings in the area indicating that normal postal deliveries could not occur due to the violence.
🇫🇷🔴A Black male suspect fires gun shots in beautiful university city Clermont-Ferrand, in France.
One man was wounded.
The shooting occurred on Avenue de l'Union-Soviétique.
Police are searching for several men, with drug trafficking believed to have played a role. pic.twitter.com/2RKxthpd7A
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) September 17, 2025Bullet holes are spread throughout the area, in car windows, as well as the facade and windows of numerous buildings.
Since April 3, 2026, residents must now go directly to the main post office in Vénissieux to collect their mail and packages.
“We will resume distribution as soon as the safety conditions for our postmen are met,” stated the post office.
The area in Lyon is known for Immigrant-related violence, which has exploded here since the 1980s. The area is now run by far-left LFI mayor, Idir Boumertit, of Algerian descent, who is known for routinely filing complaints with the prosecutor’s office for “police violence.” The area was also the site of the famous 1981 riots that led to the first major national “urban policy” (politique de la ville).
