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Woman suspected of contract killing charged over deadly Ivry shooting
A 32-year-old woman has been charged and jailed in the investigation into a shooting at a shisha bar in Ivry-sur-Seine, south of Paris.
The shooting killed two people and injured one during the night from Sunday to Monday.
She is suspected of killing the bar’s owner, a man in his 50s described as close to organised crime, and admits that she fired a gun.
Two other men have also been charged: one is suspected of firing during the attack, and the other of acting as the driver.
Police say this is the first time in France that a woman suspected of being a hired killer has been arrested in a case of this kind.
The owner had survived an earlier attempted killing in April 2024, and investigators are now trying to find out who recruited the woman and how.
A 32-year-old woman has been charged and placed in pre-trial detention over a shooting that killed two people and injured one at a shisha bar in Ivry-sur-Seine.
She is suspected of shooting the bar’s owner, a man in his fifties who was considered close to organised crime.
She was charged with murder and attempted murder as part of an organised group, and with criminal conspiracy.
Two men were also charged: one is suspected of firing during the attack, and the other of acting as the getaway driver.
The woman was arrested in Paris and acknowledges firing a weapon, while investigators seek to establish who recruited her and under what circumstances.
- Who
- A 32-year-old woman suspected of being a contract killer, along with two men charged in the case.
- What
- She was charged over a shooting that killed two people and injured one. She is suspected of shooting the bar’s owner.
- When
- She was charged on Friday, 16 October 2026. The shooting took place during the night from Sunday to Monday.
- Where
- At a shisha bar in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Why
- Investigators are trying to determine who recruited the suspect and in what circumstances.
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The bar’s owner escaped an earlier attempted killing by a man travelling on a scooter.
A shooting at a shisha bar in Ivry-sur-Seine left two people dead and one injured.
The main suspect arrived from Marseille, according to a source close to the case.
The suspect was arrested on a street in Paris with a woman who had been hosting her.
The suspect was charged and placed in pre-trial detention alongside two men.
- Suspect
- 32-year-old woman
- Charges
- Murder and attempted murder as part of an organised group; criminal conspiracy
- Shooting toll
- Two dead and one injured
- Location
- Shisha bar in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne
- Other charged suspects
- Two men; one suspected of firing and one of acting as driver
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