PARIS, May 11 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were killed and six others injured in a shooting in the Moulins district of the southern French city of Nice on Monday, Nice Mayor Eric Ciotti said.
Two people have died, and among the injured, three are in critical condition, during the shooting at Place des Amaryllis in Nice, Ciotti said on social platform X.
According to French news channel BFM TV, a vehicle carrying two people drove through the neighborhood before one of them opened fire several times near Place des Amaryllis and fled the scene.
Following the shooting, all schools in the district were temporarily placed under lockdown, the report said, adding that the area was quickly secured, and the lockdown measures were later lifted.
The investigation of the shooting incident is still ongoing, the report said. ■
