One person died and at least two others were seriously injured this Saturday, during a brawl that broke out in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées), on the sidelines of the American saloon, an event dedicated to American culture, reports a police source in
Figaro
, confirming information from
La Dépêche
.
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The fight broke out around 3:30 p.m. at the Tarbes exhibition center between about fifty bikers.
Several participants were attacked with a knife, fatally affecting one of them.
Two others were rushed to hospital as a matter of absolute urgency.
The show was therefore canceled and the site evacuated by the police.
An investigation was opened and entrusted to the Toulouse judicial police.
Asked by our colleagues from France 3, the mayor of Trabes, Gérard Trémège, said he was "
dismayed to see such aggressiveness including in festive meetings.
"