Police Spokesman Reported Muslims Trying to Expel Christians From Grande-Synthe Camp
Forty shots were fired in what was termed a quarrel between rival smuggler gangs at the Grande-Synthe refugee camp near Dunkirk. David Michaux, a CRS anti-riot officer from the Unsa-police union, told Le Figaro: "There is a real problem between Muslims and non-Muslims. Most of the camp's 3,000-odd occupants are Muslim Kurds from Iraq, Iran and Syria but a minority are Christians from Iran." He went on to say "The Muslims are trying to expel the Christians from the camp."
According to The Telegraph, "Two men were treated overnight for gunshot wounds, a third for stab wounds and a woman for blows to the head. Four people were being held for questioning on charges of attempted voluntary homicide, according to prosecutors at nearby Dunkirk."
The prosecutors have disagreed with the police spokesman's characterization of the brawl, saying that they have no reason to say that it was a sectarian incident.
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