Yet another victim of inter-district rivalries. Late Monday afternoon, a 15-year-old teenager was stabbed to death in a brawl involving young people from Domont and Ezanville, in the north of Val-d’Oise.
“A fairly classic phenomenon of fighting between gangs”
The events took place around 6:15 p.m. in the town of Domont and involved “young people who knew each other”, according to the Pontoise public prosecutor’s office, confirming information from the Actu 17 site. “We would be witnessing a fairly classic phenomenon of fighting between gangs,” said the gendarmerie.
The teenager suffered stab wounds to the neck and heart, the prosecution said. Despite firefighters’ attempts to resuscitate him, he died from his injuries.
At least one other young man was injured during this fight involving around twenty people, according to the gendarmerie. “The investigation is underway to identify the participants,” according to the Pontoise public prosecutor’s office. Opened for homicide, it was entrusted to the Montmorency gendarmerie research brigade and the Versailles research section.
Inter-neighborhood rivalries have caused “at least 120 deaths” in France over the past 30 years
According to the mayors of the municipalities concerned, the teenager is from Ezanville. “Tonight a drama that I would never have imagined in my town,” wrote Eric Battaglia, mayor of Ezanville, on the social network Facebook. “We are in unimaginable pain at having lost a child from Ezanville but I am counting on everyone to remain calm and not think about unnecessary revenge, let us think of our young person and his family,” he added .
“I regret to inform you of the death of a 15-year-old young man in violent circumstances in the Picard sector in Ezanville near Domont. All my condolences to the family to whom I wish a lot of courage in this ordeal “, reacted on the same channel his counterpart from Domont, Frédéric Bourdin. A large gendarme and police force was deployed in the area.
According to sociologist Marwan Mohammed, inter-neighborhood rivalries have caused “at least 120 deaths” in France over the past 30 years. The department of metropolitan France most affected by the phenomenon is Essonne, but the phenomenon is found in several cities and neighborhoods.
Since Monday, the trial of Yuriy’s alleged attackers has been held in Paris, before the juvenile court. In January 2021, this schoolboy was beaten up on the Beaugrenelle slab, the converted roof of a shopping center in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. The verdict is expected on December 22.