She does not "understand that between children, we kill each other".
Betty Galazzo, the mother of Lilibelle, 14, fatally stabbed in Saint-Chéron (Essonne), on February 22, wanted to organize a white march this Saturday in memory of her daughter.
"I hope that all the mothers who have lost their child will be with me," she confided to us on Thursday.
She called on parents who have experienced a similar tragedy in recent weeks to join her.
But the government's announcements on Thursday evening finally got the better of the rally.
Containment was decreed seven days a week in Ile-de-France for a month.
“The white march is canceled, confirms this Friday morning the mayor (DVD) of Saint-Chéron, Jean-Marie Gelé.
This decision was made with the family.
Bringing together hundreds of people, for health and display reasons, is not possible.
"
An association to "protect children"
The mobilization, it could have been important.
"I do it for my daughter and her friends," Lilibelle's mother told us this Thursday.
I am a mom.
I do not understand that we cannot give these young people a future.
"Betty would like to create an association, called" Lilibelle ", to" protect children ".
“It will also talk about harassment on social networks,” she announces.
The meeting point for the march had been set in front of the post office bar.
The procession was to move towards the college Le-Pont-de-Bois, where Lilibelle was educated in 4th year, before ending where the young girl died.
Candles and flowers have already been placed there.
Balloons and T-shirts bearing the image of the teenager were planned.
Lilibelle, a teenager from Saint-Chéron, was killed by a 16-year-old from the neighboring town of Dourdan.
He was indicted for “murder of a 15-year-old minor, aggravated violence and participation in a group with a view to committing violence”.
Five other minors were prosecuted for aggravated violence, participation in a group with a view to committing violence and not assisting a 15-year-old minor in danger.
"We are a village of 5000 inhabitants, it is peaceful here"
A rivalry between some young people from the two cities and aged 14 to 18 had been revived at the beginning of 2021 via exchanges on social networks.
By crossing a group of Dourdan, who came to fight in Saint-Chéron on February 22, Lilibelle had tried to intervene during a fight and was stabbed in the abdomen.
“But my daughter is not part of any gang, insists Betty Galazzo.
I read that there were bands from Saint-Chéron and Dourdan.
It's wrong.
We are a village of 5000 inhabitants, here it's peaceful, it's not the
States
!
These are young people who play football, play sports together, the boys want to play cocks in front of the girls… Between the two cities, we all know each other.
Besides, the one who tried to save my daughter comes from Dourdan.
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After her daughter, she tragically loses her husband
Within three weeks, Betty Galazzo lost her daughter and her husband.
Suffering from lung cancer, he could not bear the disappearance of Lilibelle.
The death of the young girl, followed by that of Toumani, 14, stabbed during a fight in Boussy-Saint-Antoine on March 23, had caused the arrival of the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, in Dourdan.
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These events were followed by other mediatized dramas involving adolescents in recent weeks, such as the death of Aymane in Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis) and of Alisha in Argenteuil (Val-d'Oise).