A fight broke out Thursday, April 1 in the city of Marcouville in Pontoise, in the Val-d'Oise, between people from the travel community and young people from the neighborhood.
Two people were killed in this clash and three people injured.
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The fight was allegedly started by a theft of two wheels.
Three men from the Travelers' community, a father aged 57, his son and a friend aged 23, came in the evening to the Cité Marcouville to recover a motorcycle stolen from the son "
in the afternoon.
", According to a police source.
Once spotted with a man on his handlebars, they would have hit it with their utility.
The victim, 20, died overnight, the same source added.
Several angry young people from the neighborhood gathered to attack the trio who fought back with a handgun, killing a second 34-year-old man.
Three other young people were injured in the fight.
The father, son and his friend were arrested by police in their van as they fled.
The investigation was entrusted to the judicial police of Cergy-Pontoise.
