Bride shot dead in attack on wedding party in south-east France

Local officials say that a bride was shot at a wedding night in a village near the Southeast French city Avignon after the masked armeds have opened fire.

A suspicious attacker was also killed in a change of fire, and during the incident in the village of Gould, a groom and a child of 13 were seriously injured.

A human hunting containing dozens of police officers and helicopters continues for unknown suspects who have managed to escape.

The French media reported that violence may be linked to drug -related scoring.

Authorities launched an investigation into murder and attempted murder.

According to AFP News Agency reports, on Sunday, 04:30 (02:30 GMT), 27 -year -old bride and 25 -year -old Groom were leaving in the village hall when unidentified attackers opened fire.

The first reports claimed that one of the attackers was managed by the couple’s car, but Avignon prosecutor Florence Galtier was shot in the “stock exchange”.

The prosecutor said that the surviving attackers who came by car fled after the shot.

Police say there were a total of 28 people in the hall during the attack. A woman was slightly injured in the incident.

Local Mayor Didier Perello said the hall was reserved for “a wedding by people who do not live in communities” in March.

“I’m angry,” he added. “We are close to the towns, I will not name them, unfortunately we have seen such things before.”

Guillaume Molinas, a 50 -year -old restaurant owner, said he was afraid that the deadly attack would give a “bad name” to the village of quiet village.

“The last major event in the village was 125 years ago,” AFP said without giving details.