© Urs Flueeler / EyeEmParis dustmen sound alarm over plague of rats on banks of river Seine
Paris rubbish collectors have released a video to sound the alarm over a plague of rats that have invaded the banks of the Seine, claiming that the rodents now pose a physical threat to dustmen.
Shot last month between the tourist landmark of the Musée d'Orsay and the Pont Royal, the film shows a huge group of the large vermin desperately trying to escape from a deep plastic municipal rubbish bin.
The dustman who shot the film, known only as David, can be heard shouting: "Look in the bin, there are a million rats!"
He said colleagues were so overwhelmed, they simply shut the bin and "crushed" all the rats in their garbage truck.
The "horror" scene was, according to the municipal collector, far from a one-off.
"For the past year, we've seen a proliferation of rats in all the arrondissements on the banks of the Seine," the dustman told Le Parisien, the French capital's daily newspaper. He said the situation was no longer tenable "both for Parisians and tourists who come to visit the most beautiful city in the world".
Comment: Also see: Remains of Canadian pharma mogul and his wife found in their mansion's basement
Update Jan 22: Contrary to initial reports, investigators believe this was not a murder-suicide. The NY Post reports that investigators have found that multiple killers were involved in the horrific crime, and Haaretz is reporting that investigators say it was a contract killing. For a couple that had links to the Clinton Foundation's relief efforts in Puerto Rico, which means it's likely they knew a little too much about whatever schemes were undertaken there and had to be taken care of, that's just how the Clintons operate.
Update Jan 27: The Duran adds:
Last week The Duran reported on a billionaire husband and wife found hanging side-by-side in their posh Toronto home last month.
According to Toronto police multiple killers played a role in the deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman - contrary to the widely-circulated murder-suicide theory initially leaked by law enforcement, sources told CBC News, citing a parallel probe by a team of investigators hired by the couple's family.
A real estate agent who was selling the $5.4 million home had discovered pharmaceutical mogul Barry, 75, and Honey, 70, dead on Dec. 15.
Barry Sherman founded Apotex pharmaceutical company. Apotex supplied generic drugs to the Clinton foundation in Haiti and Rwanda. Apotex also donated medicines and supplies to Clinton Foundation Puerto Rican relief efforts in 2017.