The district of Marcouville (Val-d'Oise) woke up in shock this Friday morning.
"The media say anything to go quickly but there was no brawl," breathes a Pontoisian pained to see the memory of his friends "soiled".
This Thursday evening, two men died for a trivial stolen motocross story.
Sofiane
(the first name has been changed)
lives in the area.
He knew the two victims well and was present at the time of the incident.
According to him, the initial motive of the vendetta is wrong, there would have been no theft.
“We prefer not to give his name to preserve his family but the young man who was hit did not steal the motorcycle, he had bought it on Leboncoin one or two weeks earlier.
"
A crowd forms after the biker accident
This Thursday evening, the biker is back and forth on the handlebars of his new machine, without a helmet, on the avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny.
“It was rolling and a van arrived and hit it head-on,” continues Sofiane.
His head hit the windshield and he fell under a car that was parked nearby.
The 21-year-old died overnight from his injuries.
“He worked at the pizzeria and he did educational projects… He helped all the time in the neighborhood with the groceries or that sort of thing.
"
A few meters from the stage, a barbecue is held in Marcouville.
Shocked at what they have just seen, about fifty people walk towards the van.
“No one was armed, we don't come with guns to a barbecue!
There were exchanges of blows.
One of the guys got out of the van, and shot in the crowd.
"
The culprits would be part of the gypsy community
The bullet hit the chest of a 35-year-old father.
Hit in the heart, he died instantly.
“He was a great guy, he was very hardworking, always ready to give a helping hand, reports one of his friends, devastated.
I saw him again yesterday.
He has a toddler, it's horrible… ”
According to a police source, the perpetrators of this double homicide are members of the gypsy community living in Montigny-lès-Cormeilles.
On board the van: a 57-year-old father, his son and a 23-year-old friend.
They would have spotted the motorcycle and then acted out of revenge, armed with a 22 long rifle rifle.
Sofiane does not know them.
“They are not from the Travelers' community, they are French.
We do not know if they have scouted, we had never seen them in the area, they are not from here.
"
After the drama, the call for calm.
If a “big” from Pontoise confides that “the little ones don't listen to anything anymore, they will want revenge”, Sofiane, he assures that the situation is appeased.
“There is no spirit of revenge, it is not a story of rival gangs, it is an isolated case.
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The three accused, including one injured, were taken into police custody.