Cannes : a movement of the crowd after a false rumor of a shooting

Rumors of the shooting sparked a crowd Monday in the city, causing minor injuries. In reality, not a single shot was found. a rumor about a shooting cause

Rumors of the shooting sparked a crowd Monday in the city, causing minor injuries. In reality, not a single shot was found.

A rumor of gunshots sparked crowd movements on the Croisette in Cannes on Monday night, but “no shots” or “detonations” were found at the scene.

The raising of suspicions “was carried out by the national police (…). It is a movement of panic,” the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture said on Twitter. No shots fired, no detonation at this time, according to police.

“Several minor injuries due to crowd movement have been treated,” the Alpes-Maritimes fire service said. A hundred firefighters rushed to the scene at night.

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“People in a panic, screaming”

“There was no shooting in Cannes, no frenzied cut, but images of mass madness after an individual yelled ‘gun’,” the city’s mayor, David Lisnard, tweeted, showing his side of the “five wounds.”

“The mass movement was caused by a rumor. (…) The situation is under control. We thank you for not spreading false information,” the city of Cannes denied on Twitter, while numerous videos of people in panic circulated on the networks social.

According to witnesses at the scene, terraces were overturned on the Croisette after the Barrier the Majestic beach mob party: “People screamed in panic and some fell to the ground,” said Jacques Benaroch, a professional photographer.

Date updated: August 11, 2020, 03:58

Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: newstars.edu.vn

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