Chaos scene in the middle of Paris.
Friday 11 and Saturday 12 September, in the early evening, a few dozen teenagers clashed with fireworks in the Belleville district, in the 19th arrondissement of the capital,
Le Figaro
learned
from a police source.
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In two videos circulating on social networks, we can see several young individuals shooting each other in rue Rébeval, but also in a children's square, which is located at the foot of the city of the same name.
The clashes, which smoked the residents, caused no casualties.
And despite the intervention of police patrols on Friday and Saturday, no individual was apprehended.
No complaints were filed either.
These actions, which the authorities attribute to rival gangs in the area, have provoked anger and fear among residents of the neighborhood.
A pharmacy turned refuge
The employees of a pharmacy located a few hundred meters from the square told
Le Figaro that they
had welcomed "
several people coming to take refuge from the fireworks
".
“
It spread all over the street, everything was smoky.
Not to mention the sound of detonations.
It was impressive.
"
The facts took place in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, rue Rébeval.
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A woman who witnessed the incident assured BFM Paris that "
everyone was terrified because fires were hitting them
".
“
They went into the park and targeted moms and kids who were playing there after school,
” she said.
The mayor had no knowledge of the matter
With the
Parisian
, François Dagnaud, the PS mayor of the nineteenth arrondissement, said Sunday that he had no knowledge of this affair.
"
I inquired, especially at the police station, and no one was made aware of the events that were filmed in the square,
" he said.
“
Not having the reflex to dial 17 is unfortunately symptomatic of a loss of confidence among residents.
Of their resignation,
”he lamented.
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the town hall has not yet responded to our requests, but the elected representative split a tweet in response to a video showing the clashes.
“
You are right, (these events) are totally irresponsible (s) and unbearable (s).
Witness to this attack, I would have called the police on 17 before drawing my video ...
"
