Aix-en-Provence: an out-of-service gendarme wounded by bullets, an open investigation

After a plainclothes gendarme was the target of numerous shootings in Aix-en-Provence on the night of May 9-10, many residents of the area express their concern.

A 27-year-old policeman, who was returning home, was shot in the night of Friday until Saturday in Aix-en-Provence. His life-saving prognosis is not engaged.

A gendarme who was not on duty was shot and wounded on the night of Friday to Saturday in Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône). An investigation was opened for attempted voluntary homicide, according to the Public Prosecutor's Office.

The Sirpa gendarmerie confirmed on Saturday in L-Essor that a gendarmerie had been shot and wounded in the night of 9-10 May 2025 near Aix-en-Provence while on leave and was travelling to his family. An investigation was opened for attempted murder in an organized gang. According to La Provence, which reveals the information, the facts occurred at about 1 a.m. The soldier was not working at that time. He was not wearing uniform and was not in a …

The facts occurred on the night of Friday to Saturday in Aix-en-Provence. The gendarme was hit by six bullets, but his vital prognosis is not engaged on the same subject

Kalashnikov bullet casings were found at the scene. An investigation has been opened.