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Stabbed to death at Juvisy station: "Yusuf was not a brawler", assures a friend of the victim

2021-06-09T23:46:22.545Z


Since Tuesday, the alleged perpetrator of the fatal blows that claimed the life of Yusuf, 21, in 2014, has been tried before the Assize Court of Ess


“Yusuf, he wasn't a brawler… Yusuf, he's someone who worked on construction sites and took good care of his family.

This Wednesday, on the second day of the trial of the alleged perpetrator of the stab wounds that cost the life of a young man of 21, September 29, 2014 on platform B of the Juvisy-sur-Orge station, a of his friends returned to the evening of the drama.

Witness of the scene, he delivered his version to the Assize Court of Essonne.

Who hit first?

On the first day of the trial, the question of self-defense was raised.

This Wednesday, this friend of Yusuf assured that "the first blows were given by Mehmet", the main accused.

“I had known Yusuf for several years, rewinds this 29-year-old tiler.

That evening, when we got out of work, we called and met in front of his house.

We were joined by Ararat

(Editor's note: the second accused who is on the run)

.

Ararat told us he was having trouble with Mehmet.

They had fallen out over a money problem.

"

Yusuf allegedly tried to stop a settling of scores

Depending on the version, Ararat owed Mehmet 120 or 200 euros but refused to reimburse it.

Investigators were able to determine that the man cashed checks from "new arrivals from Turkey" in his bank account before returning the money to them in cash.

Initially scheduled for Savigny-sur-Orge, the explanation will finally take place on platform B of Juvisy-sur-Orge station.

"We waited for Mehmet," resumed the witness at the stand.

When he arrived he greeted everyone except Ararat.

Very quickly, the tone rises, the first blows rain.

“Yusuf walked over to separate them.

Yusuf took a punch first, then he took a stab.

"

The victim screams and runs off to the platform.

Back in front of his attacker, Yusuf claims the chopper that Ararat took with him.

"When we were on the train, I saw that he had this chopper on him," continues the witness.

He told me he took it just in case… I didn't agree.

I picked it up and put it in my satchel.

"

Six chest wounds, including one in the heart

In front of the courtyard, the tiler claims that his bag overturned during the fight.

Ararat then allegedly picked up the butcher's leaf and handed it to Yusuf.

"He hit Mehmet and collapsed," he said facing the court.

Asked by the defense lawyer about the presence of this butcher's sheet on the evening of the tragedy, the young man goes out of his hinges.

"This chopper, he didn't kill anyone," he says to the council.

Him, he killed my friend with a knife.

Look at the sadness in his family's eyes.

"

Wounded in the head, Mehmet fled and took over the management of the South Ile-de-France hospital in Corbeil-Essonnes where he was arrested.

Yusuf did not get up.

The medical examiner's examination revealed six wounds to the chest, including one to the heart.

He died two days later in hospital.

The verdict is expected this Friday evening.

Source: leparis

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