In Essonne, we continue to surrender blow for blow.
This Thursday, according to the Departmental Directorate of Public Security (DDSP), eight arrests took place in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois for brawls between bands opposing the districts of the Plateau, Ris-Orangis, to those of Champtier-du -Coq, in Evry-Courcouronnes.
Hostilities begin in the middle of the afternoon, when a young adult is caught in an ambush at the exit of the Paul-Langevin high school, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.
This hot spot concentrates the tensions, because some of the protagonists are educated there.
As he tries to flee, he is caught by five people who hit him with hammers.
His sneakers and his two cell phones are stolen in the process.
"He was also slightly injured with a shovel," said a police source.
This young man from Champtier-du-Coq is hospitalized for minor injuries to his face.
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An hour later, in the Bois des Roches district, in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, a passer-by witnesses the kidnapping of a young person in the middle of the street by a team of five people.
The police managed to intercept the suspects' car a quarter of an hour later in Evry-Courcouronnes.
"When they open the safe, they discover the victim curled up," blows a police source.
This 19-year-old from Ris-Orangis was slightly injured by blows to the face.
The five perpetrators (including four adults) of the kidnapping were arrested and placed in police custody at the Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois police station.
"What, before, was regulated with fists, is now regulated by kidnappings in chests"
But the day is not yet over.
In Ris, the announcement of the kidnapping quickly goes around the neighborhood.
According to a police source, around fifty white-hot young people are regrouping.
The police who go there are stoned.
An airsoft-type handgun is found in a bush.
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Around 6 p.m., the police were called again for an attempted kidnapping in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, in the Saint-Hubert district.
The three occupants of the suspicious car, residents of Ris-Orangis, try to force a young person into their trunk.
“Two women intervened and were beaten,” says a police source.
The rapid arrival of the authorities makes it possible to avoid another kidnapping.
A border police plane was used to prevent gatherings. 91 National Police
"What, before, was regulated with fists, is now regulated by kidnappings in coffers", laments a police source.
On January 26, fifteen young adults of Ris-Orangis were tried by the criminal court of Evry-Courcouronnes for "participation in an armed gathering".
The police had found them armed with sticks and iron bars, piled at 14 in the back of a truck used to lead a punitive expedition to the district of Champtier-du-Coq.