Villiers-le-Bel: a year after the death of Ibrahima Bah, questions still unanswered

It is around 5 p.m. this Sunday, October 6, 2019, when Ibrahima Bah engages, on the handlebars of his blue motocross, in rue Faidherbe.

100 m away, at the crossroads of this street, Boulevard Salvador-Allende and Allée des Bleuets, at the foot of the Cerisaie, in Villiers-le-Bel, three police vehicles complete a road check, after having pursued a Peugeot 206.

On the arrival of the young man of 22 years, a police van, parked perpendicular to the sidewalk, carries out a maneuver to "leave the scene of the intervention", according to the officials.

Ibrahima Bah then enters the sidewalk and violently collides with a post.

Despite a heart massage from the police, he died shortly after the shock.

"We still have not been able to mourn"

Did the police deliberately obstruct the road to the biker, as witnesses claim?

Did the van hit the two-wheeler?

Did Ibrahima want to avoid a possible control?

Has he lost control of his machine on his own?

A year later, all these questions remain unanswered.

Diané Bah LP / Yann Foreix  

“We do not know what happened precisely, regrets the big brother, Diané Bah.

It has been a year since our brother died, and we still have not been able to mourn.

"The family will gather" in a small committee ", in the presence of the mayor (DVG) of Villiers-le-Bel Jean-Louis Marsac, this Tuesday at 4.30 pm at the scene of the tragedy, one year to the day, therefore, after the death of Ibrahima.

The boy was from the Valéry-Watteau district, in Sarcelles.

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A campaign will be launched on social networks with the hashtag #JusticePourIbo, and relayed by personalities.

A march in tribute to the young man must also be organized on Saturday by his relatives.

For the moment maintained, it could be called into question by the prefecture, according to the evolution of the health crisis.

The change of scenery of the survey refused

“It would be inconsistent, judge Diané Bah.

The Sarcelles market, the largest in Ile-de-France, is open, the Fac de Cergy which also brews thousands of students… We do not want more than the others, just to obtain the same rights.

"

The investigation for manslaughter, opened by the Pontoise prosecutor's office on October 19, 2019 and entrusted to the IGPN, it seems to have stalled.

“Key witnesses to the accident were not summoned by investigators, denounces Diané.

The police officers present at the scene of the tragedy were not heard either.

We have the impression that it drags on!

"

At the beginning of July, the family's lawyer, Me Yassine Bouzrou, asked for a change of scenery for the investigation, criticizing "that no effective investigation is being carried out into these facts".

The lawyer questioned the “impartiality” of the Pontoise prosecutor's office and pointed out, among other things, the late realization - 48 hours after the facts - of the findings on the police van.

His request was ultimately rejected by the Tribunal de Grande Instance.

What about videos?

As for the letter sent at the end of July by the family to challenge the Keeper of the Seals, Eric Dupond-Moretti, it remained unanswered.

“We feel like we are not being heard and considered.

We were never received by the judge, regrets Diané Bah.

I would add that the rights of the civil party are violated!

"

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The family points to the refusal of the examining magistrate to show him the video surveillance images, and to deliver a copy to the lawyer.

According to our information, they do not make it possible to determine the exact circumstances of the tragedy.

The camera, located in front of the post struck by the biker, would pivot on itself.

She would have filmed the beginning and the end of the scene.

But not the accident.