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Woman seriously injured by gunfire during Camp-Levieux police check

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Élodie Thomas was shot on Friday 9 October in Camp-Levieux, Mauritius, while she was in a van during a police road check. Her condition is considered serious and reinforcements were deployed after a crowd gathered outside the police station, reports Defimedia.

Élodie Thomas, a young woman living in Plaisance, was seriously injured by gunfire on the evening of Friday 9 October during a police road check in Camp-Levieux, Mauritius. She was in a van, reports Defimedia.

Her husband said she was returning home at the time. Élodie Thomas works at the Winners supermarket in Tribeca. Her condition is considered serious. A crowd gathered outside the Camp-Levieux police station, according to Defimedia.

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