Dignified, sober and very clear.
The message conveyed by the parents of these two teenagers from Champigny-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne), this Saturday afternoon, is addressed to all the young people of the city and more broadly to the gangs that s 'clash violently across France.
Their 14 and 15 year old boys were seriously injured with stab wounds during a fight between fifteen young people, Monday, March 8 in the afternoon, in the city center.
One, from Boullereaux, was lying inert on the ground.
A paramedic and a police officer gave him a cardiac massage while waiting for help.
He was hospitalized in critical condition and then plunged into an artificial coma.
He is now out of danger, announces Mayor Laurent Jeanne (Free!).
As for the other injured teenager, seriously affected, he was released from the hospital on Friday.
"This violence leads nowhere"
"We must stop the war between districts, loose the mother of the Boullereaux district, her eyes red with emotion.
Me and my family, we want peace.
Peace for all.
"
“I appeal to the youth of the neighborhoods.
Stop fighting !, continues the father of the other victim, who lives in the city of Mordacs.
Don't bury us alive.
We parents are in so much pain.
Stop this violence that leads nowhere.
"
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A rivalry has long existed between the Mordacs and the Boullereaux.
But this Saturday afternoon, it didn't matter to the parents.
On the contrary: they were united in the common pain of having seen their child close to death and shouted loud and clear “stop violence”.
"The role of families in prevention is essential"
We owe Laurent Jeanne the initiative for this meeting between the two families and this joint speech, five days after the tragedy.
The elected official recognizes "difficult relations between these districts" for a long time but "the phenomenon of gangs is much more complex than it seems.
In any case, it requires prevention and support for families.
"He calls for calm and" to find peace and the path to appeasement ".
“The place where this happened is the only one where we have a CCTV camera working in the city,” he says.
He describes very violent images, in which we see the 15-year-old boy, inert after being stabbed, being kicked by other young people.
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“It was a very important meeting to remind people how precious life is,” confides Valérie Pécresse (Libres!), President of the region, who also spoke at length with the families.
When you fight at 13, you think you're immortal.
These young people are not aware that they can die or take the life of another.
The role of families in prevention is essential.
We will never do anything without families.
"
A march is scheduled for Saturday March 20, at 2 p.m., starting from Place Jean-Baptiste-Clément towards the town hall.