by Tullio Giannotti
"It's gangrene that is devouring this department": Caroline Nisand, prosecutor of the Evry, Essonne Republic, is still taking stock of the death of Lilibelle, 14, stabbed in the abdomen last night while trying to divide the peers fighting savagely when news arrives that a 13-year-old, not far away, has been stabbed in the throat and killed in another battle between rival gangs.
Yesterday afternoon, about forty kids met for one of the many fights, all teenagers between 13 and 16 years old.
Among them was Lilibelle, who tried to get in the way of the young rivals of Saint-Chéron, an increasingly unlivable 'cité'.
The appointment was near the Pont-de-Bois middle school, the rival gang arrived from nearby Dourdan.
In the first clashes, the fourteen-year-old ended up on the ground, hit by a stab in the abdomen.
She lost a lot of blood, the internal injuries were serious, around 7 pm, she was taken to the Kremlin-Bicetre hospital and died of her wounds.
Six teenagers were arrested, prosecutor Caroline Nisand said today that among the boys all hooded and dressed in black, "one pulled out a knife, stabbed Lilibelle and fled".
One of the six arrested confessed to taking the fatal stab.
A short distance away, still in the Essonne, a new, very violent battle between two traditional "rival gangs, in Boussy-Saint-Antoine. Two wounded children, one very serious, stabbed in the throat. He died on arrival at the hospital. , this time, it was around the municipal swimming pool between two gangs that have been fighting each other for years.In 2000, there was a very violent 'war' that lasted 3 days.