Migrant survivor saw ‘angel of death’ as friends shot dead by French gunman

A migrant survivor of a capturing at a French refugee camp stated he noticed his mates murdered by the “angel of demise”.

Matin, a 25-year-old Kurdish migrant, stated “a man got here with a shotgun and showered us with bullets” throughout the assault on Saturday.

A 22-year-old French gunman shot lifeless two migrants and two safety guards on the camp in Loon-Plage, close to Dunkirk, with one other sufferer focused in a close-by city.

“Initially, we thought he would fireplace within the air after which he loaded the gun and geared toward us. We noticed Azrael [the Islamic Angel of Death],” Matin instructed Sky Information.

The 2 victims, named Hamid and Hadi, had been strolling together with their two mates, Rashad and Matin, when the assailant opened fireplace.

The group, all aged round 25, had simply been rescued from the English Channel by French police after their dinghy collapsed on the best way to Britain.

He stated the group was rescued after falling into the ocean with out life jackets and had returned to land to get dry garments from a charity as they had been “dying of chilly”.

“The gunman got here and, suddenly, drew a shotgun. We noticed demise with our personal eyes. It was God’s will that we survived. In sooner or later, we noticed demise twice,” he stated.

He stated the gunman fired round 15 bullets and his pal Hamid was hit within the head as he and Rashad managed to cover.

A 22-year-old man claiming to be the murderer handed himself to the close by Ghyvelde police station at 5pm native time on Saturday. Authorities discovered three extra weapons within the suspect’s automotive, French media reported.

It was not instantly clear what the motives had been for the shootings. Refugees have been tenting within the space for years, predominantly “Kurdish or Afghan and together with many households with young children”, based on the charity Care4Calais,

Loon-Plage is residence to refugee camps and is close to to Calais and the Strait of Dover, the closest level between England and France the place 1000’s of migrants cross the Channel from mainland Europe annually.

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