We are not yet certain that this is a clash between rival gangs.
But, in the district, this hypothesis is hardly in doubt.
A brawl involving about fifteen people left two seriously injured on Monday shortly after 6 p.m. in Champigny.
A 15-year-old teenager from the Boullereaux district, as well as another young person who is not yet 14 years old were hospitalized in a state of absolute emergency, we learned from corroborating sources.
"One of them is more seriously affected with a wound in the thorax", specifies a source close to the file.
According to the very first elements, the protagonists would have been wounded with knives.
Four arrests
At least one knife was found near Lenin Square, not far from the town hall.
The clash would have opposed young people from Boullereaux and Mordacs, two popular sectors of the city.
Four people, who were allegedly recognized by witnesses, were arrested and taken into police custody.
"But we must remain very careful, it is still very vague," insists a judicial source.
Territorial security, used to cases involving rival gangs, is seized of the matter.
Only a few minutes after the incident, the associations of the two neighborhoods began to mobilize.
In Boullereaux as well as in Mordacs, the “big brothers” approached the younger ones to try to understand what could have happened.
"We are already doing everything to settle the differences," promises one of them.
Unfortunately, it has been tense for a long time between our two sectors, but not more at the moment than usual.
We hadn't heard of any particular problem.
"It has been months since we had a single problem between these two neighborhoods," confirms another source.
"Mission to ease tensions"
“What saddens me is that they are small,” resumes the big brother.
Suddenly, we will call them all to reason with them.
"Surprised that such serious events took place on the side of the town hall, the leaders of the associations will continue their" mission of easing tensions "in the coming days.
In just over a month, he is the third seriously injured in Champigny.
On February 5, a 15-year-old teenager coming out of Louise-Michel high school was lynched by a gang of ten people.
The young man's vital prognosis, including four stab wounds, had been engaged for a while.
The SDPJ94 had arrested the alleged perpetrators of this beating, which had taken place against a backdrop of rivalry in rap.
One of these suspects had been remanded in custody.
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