Sometimes they came with flowers, often with friends.
Many came out of the church in tears.
Hundreds of people paid tribute to Carlos, this Saturday morning, on the occasion of the funeral of this 33-year-old father who was killed during the fatal brawl in the Marcouville district of Pontoise (Val-d'Oise), the April 1st.
The clash left another dead, a 21-year-old young man.
Since then, three people have been arrested.
Carlos was married and the father of a 5 year old girl.
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But at the start of the weekend, the time was for meditation.
"If there are so many people, it is because it was a good person", confides a young person, on the square, while the queue to enter the church goes along the whole building and continues. beyond.
Health crisis requires, while the religious ceremony for the family and loved ones was to begin at 11:30 am, groups of ten people were able to enter the church in turn to meditate in front of the coffin.
The young people of the neighborhood "are not well"
“Carlos was always smiling, he was a wonderful person,” Nelson confides in the silent crowd.
“We met in football, continues the latter.
In football, we shared so much.
Our women have grown up together, been in the same college.
We can't leave like this.
Not with a five-year-old girl.
"
The testimonies, numerous, describe an "exemplary" person.
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Jean-Paul came to remember the "kindness" of the father of the family: "I am touched by the conditions in which this happened", he is sad.
A delegation of traders also came to pay homage to the deceased and to support his wife, who runs a clothing store in the city center.
Pained "that one still points the finger Marcouville", a resident assures that the young people of the district "are not well" since the tragedy.
“They are very saddened, some blame themselves for not having been able to do what was necessary, for not having mastered the one who fired.
When he took out his gun, people ran away, hid behind the cars, now they're crying.
"
The funeral in Portugal will be celebrated next Tuesday before his burial in the family vault.