A car set on fire to attract firefighters and police officers then targeted by mortar fire: the night from Sunday to Monday was again the scene of urban violence in Argenteuil, in the Dalle sector.
Two policemen were slightly injured during the intervention, one of them was hit in the leg by a fireworks mortar.
No firefighter was affected.
The violence broke out shortly after midnight Sunday evening with the fire of a vehicle that was parked in rue Guy-de-Maupassant, in the heart of Val Nord.
A fire undoubtedly lit with the aim of ambushing the police.
Dispatched to the scene, the firefighters came under mortar fire, as did the police mobilized as reinforcements.
The incidents then continued until two o'clock in the morning, the hooded youths attacking the police with mortars.
A mattress was also set on fire overnight.
According to the first elements collected, they were less than ten, hooded, to be at the origin of the disturbances.
There were no arrests.
Already incidents at the beginning of last week
The latest incidents in Argenteuil date back to the night of Monday to Tuesday last, during which several cars had been burned and the police were targeted by mortar fire.
Urban violence that could be linked to the anniversary of Sabri's death.
This 18-year-old young man died on rue Trouillet on May 17, 2020, while driving a motocross while a police car was present.
The Pontoise public prosecutor's office dismissed the case on October 28 for “lack of infringement”, basing its decision on the expertise in accidentology.
She "confirmed the absence of intervention by a third party in the accident" and concluded "a loss of control of the motorcycle while it was driving on the sidewalk and hit the rearview mirror of a van", before crash into a concrete pole.
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On Saturday, a white march for Sabri brought together nearly 200 people.
A complaint with the constitution of civil party was filed by relatives in order to obtain the opening of a judicial investigation.
The march ended on Saturday afternoon without giving rise to any incidents.
The fight against urban motocross rodeos also remains a priority for the city of Argenteuil, which indicates that it has seized 40 motocross since the start of the year, focusing its efforts on locating motorcycles.
