“We're not going to be able to leave our house after that.
Already that I did not dare too much, it will not work out ”, sighed an old man, shoulders hunched.
At the entrance to the Soubise city in Saint-Ouen, Tuesday morning, a small group surrounded a resident of tower number 2. It is in the cellar of this building that Sofiane and Tidiane, 25 and 17, were executed. by bullets, in a cellar, in the night from Monday to Tuesday.
With haggard eyes, this resident said she was “traumatized” by blood and bodies.
"A real butcher's shop", in the words of a policeman.
The day after the double murder, the district of Vieux-Saint-Ouen, undermined by drug trafficking and settling of scores, woke up in shock.
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This Wednesday evening, a young man of 16 - injured in the shooting - and an adult are still in police custody.
The day before, eleven police custody had been lifted.
According to the first testimonies, the double murder would have been committed by a single man, armed with a small caliber.
The mayor and his majority are working on a battle plan
"This type of drama must stop definitively, it cannot last any longer," insists the mayor (PS) of Saint-Ouen Karim Bouamrane, who has visited the neighborhood several times in recent days.
The elected official convened his municipal majority this Wednesday evening.
Objective: to develop a “fight plan to stem the consequences of drug trafficking and to democratize access to excellence for all Audonian youth.
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Sofiane Mjaiber, 25, was shot in the chest on Monday in Saint-Ouen.
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Concretely, the holding of an extraordinary municipal council in October has been decided.
"All elected officials will be able to formulate their proposals on security but also on the development and embellishment of the city.
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The city council also plans to organize a security meeting in November.
At the end, he will present a prevention plan for the next four years.
Towards a strengthening of the resources of the municipal police
Among the tracks worked on: a "reappropriation of public space" with an increase in the number of municipal police - "already recorded" - and a file aimed at integrating the security shield of the region.
Behind this word of communicator hides a subsidy which partly finances the purchase of equipment (bulletproof vests, pedestrian cameras, etc.).
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This Wednesday, Valérie Pécresse, the president (Libres!) Of the region, whose head office is recently installed in Saint-Ouen, had proposed to the mayor of the city to take advantage of it, in particular to "equip her city with video protection" and equip its municipal police.
Karim Bouamrane also wants "to work on prevention upstream with all the players who have been put aside".
Understand: under the mandate of previous mayors.
Following the tragic settling of scores in Saint-Ouen, I offered the mayor @karim_bouamrane financial assistance from the region to equip his city with video protection and equip its municipal police #BouclierDeSecurite https://t.co / fqee0nDZJ6
- Valérie Pécresse (@vpecresse) September 16, 2020
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For his part, the deputy (LFI) of the constituency Eric Coquerel would like to allow a delegation of inhabitants to meet the prefect of Seine-Saint-Denis.
“They are fed up with it.
There is a resurgence of a very violent climate with this endemic, unbearable issue of neighborhoods, stairwells that are managed by drugs.
The inhabitants have the impression that they are being let down ”, moved the deputy.
He too asks that we "put resources", "by returning to a local police force which knows the people and by handing over judicial police officers in the districts".
A white march, organized by relatives of Sofiane, should be held in the coming weeks.
"Out of respect for the families," the city announced that the fireworks display, scheduled for Saturday, is canceled.