“We found an arrow planted 45 ° too 1 meter from the children’s swing in the garden, the fact that the arrow is planted at 45 ° necessarily indicates a long trajectory. Other neighbors have also found arrows, which indicates that someone somewhere is shooting with a arrow arrow with high velocity without taking into account the neighborhood. Style thing….” explains this resident of Rhode-Saint-Genèse.

Several victims

Other testimonies confirm similar situations in the neighborhood. A resident indicates that she found three arrows in a few days in her garden.

Though, this problem would not be new. alicia also says that her mother had known comparable facts last summer. “”Several arrows were found in his garden several days before intervals. Since then,we hadn’t heard of it anymore.It’s ultra-dangers. “

Rhode-Saint-Genèse, popular commune between nature, elegance and urban tensions

In total, at least four people say they have been affected in recent days. These arrows, according to descriptions, are carbon and fitted with steel tips, frequently enough used in sports archery. Used without supervision and out of blind in a residential area, they become perilous projectiles.

According to the Decathlon brand, which sells these famous arrows, the latter are designed for “Archery in the club with a pullecium bow up to 30 meters “. Level security, the brand also alerts. “”Never shoot an arrow in the air, it can travel hundreds of meters. Never target: people or animals, the shooting environment must be cleared “. Decathlon is categorical.””A breach of safety rules can cause fatal injuries. “

“They could pierce an eye or a heart,” worries this local resident. “This arrow was discovered by my 8 year old son playing in this area of ​​the garden. You imagine that I cannot let such a thing pass “indicates the father on social networks.

Contacted, the bourgmestre Pierre Rolin indicates that the municipality has not received an official report at this stage but that it remains attentive to the situation. The Rhode-Saint-Genèse police area did not respond to our requests for information.