The tragedy occurred at the end of an MMA fight organized in a small gymnasium: a 14-year-old teenager was killed during a brawl in the small town of Coignières, in the Yvelines.
The victim, who came from Maurepas, a neighboring town of around 17,000 inhabitants, was present with his father at this sports gala, bringing together children and parents.
According to the first elements of the investigation, around midnight, two gangs of young people clashed outside the establishment: that of the Friches de Maurepas district, against that, rival, of the Merchants of Coignières.
The victim then receives blows to the head which will be fatal to him, indicates the parquet floor of Versailles.
The victim died around 1 a.m., despite attempts to resuscitate the emergency services.
A second youngster from Maurepas, aged 16, suffered a slight head injury.
What led to this excess of violence on Saturday evening?
For now, there is nothing to answer this question.
“We had done a whole lot of prevention work, especially with the mayor of Maurepas, lately, and it paid off since the city was calm.
It had been over a year, we had no worries, ”said the mayor of Coignières, Didier Fischer.
From now on, the time is for prevention in both districts, to avoid a "return match" these revenges which often follow a brawl.
A 16-year-old went on Sunday afternoon to the Argenteuil police station (Val-d'Oise) where he presented himself as the author of the recent murder of the 14-year-old minor in the Yvelines, said the prosecutor of Versailles.
The suspect, who has been taken into custody, is from Coignières, where a teenager from the nearby town of Maurepas died after being punched in the face during a brawl between two rival gangs on Saturday night in Sunday, said the prosecutor, Maryvonne Caillibotte.
