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In Belleville, bands clash again with mortar fire

2020-09-14T19:26:07.187Z


After the kindergarten on rue Rébeval, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris on Friday, a new brawl with fireworks throws is known.


Bis repetita.

Barely recovered from the mortar fire exchanged Friday evening in Paris in the kindergarten on rue Rébeval (19th), this district of lower Belleville once again experienced a similar scene of violence, Saturday in the middle of the afternoon.

Once again, the exchanges of fire between gangs of young people were filmed and widely broadcast this weekend on social networks, creating a new shock wave.

"I still hear the detonations"

Marie (the first name has been changed) admits that she no longer sleeps.

Or else, a restless sleep, punctuated by violent images.

It was she who filmed from her window the foray into the Rébeval square on Friday of a dozen people, shooting in the middle of groups of children and parents.

“I have a nightmare that someone shoots me,” she confides.

I still hear the bangs.

That it can happen in the middle of the day, in a family park, is truly incredible.

We are unfortunately used to this kind of thing, but it took place more at night… ”

Saturday, Marie heard the shots from her home: “To think that the next day, it started again, in the middle of the street, says a lot about the degree of unconsciousness of these young people.

Before the shootings, from my home, I had seen the gangs regroup, as if a brawl had been scheduled.

I was told that a cyclist was so scared that she abandoned her bike to take to flight on foot.

"

Paris (19th), Saturday September 12, 2020. “Why no concrete action?

Are we waiting for a drama?

», Annoys a local resident after this new brawl (screenshot).

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The video, shot on Saturday on the borders of Rébeval and Rampal streets by another resident, and posted on Twitter by Pierre Liscia, former opposition elected member of the 18th district, still active in northeastern Paris, shows two groups of young people, armed with mortars, which continue by firing the fireworks cartridges at breast height.

Burst detonations, lightning ...

"What if someone got shot in the face?"

“I jumped.

Fortunately I am not cardiac, annoys a local resident.

What if someone got shot in the face?

What is happening is nonsense.

We know these young people and these brawls with the neighboring districts of Grange-aux-Belles (10th) and Chaufourniers (19th) are repeated tirelessly.

Why no concrete action?

Are we waiting for a drama?

"

And tragedies, there were some: in the lower Belleville, everyone still remembers the tragic death of a 14 year old teenager, Waly, last February, stabbed by a young person of the same age .

Eric, 21, died after being tortured in a Belleville cellar in November 2019. A young person from the Rébeval city was arrested and indicted in the context of this case.

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From a police source, two crews intervened, Friday and Saturday.

But each time, the neighborhood had become calm again, and no one could be arrested.

"No injuries are to be deplored and no one has lodged a complaint," said the same source.

Nevertheless, the sector has been placed under surveillance “and the images captured by the CCTV cameras are being examined.

The 19th century police station, seized of the investigation into these brawls between rival gangs, has the task of monitoring, and if necessary, arresting any person in possession of fireworks.

“Asked, the City of Paris did not provide additional information.

VIDEO.

Paris: in Belleville, clashes with mortar shootings terrorize residents

Source: leparis

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