The scale of the dragnet is unusual.
The motive is less so.
This Tuesday, during an inter-district brawl between the young people of Épinettes and those of Champtier-du-Coq, in Évry-Courcouronnes, twenty people were arrested for alleged violence, indicates a police source.
The scuffles began around 7 p.m., rue Charles Fourier, at Épinettes.
A young man was hit by a car.
The perpetrators quickly fled before being caught by the police on rue Montespan.
The two occupants of the car, from Champtier-du-Coq, were arrested.
"According to the first elements, they voluntarily attacked a young person from Épinettes", indicates a source close to the investigation.
The victim was hospitalized without vital prognosis.
Police LBD shots
Following this attack, tension rises throughout the evening in the neighborhood, although the police and the "big guys" try to appease the younger ones.
It was not enough.
Around 11 p.m., a group of about thirty young people armed with makeshift weapons was reported around Champtier-du-Coq.
A brawl begins in the city, rue Descartes.
National and municipal police are moving en masse to put an end to it, arresting many protagonists.
They used their Defense Ball Launcher (LBD) twice.
A young man, injured in the face and hands, was hospitalized, while another complained of head injuries after a blow from an iron bar.
"I would like to salute the commitment of colleagues despite the lack of resources we face, reacts Claude Carillo, of the police union Alliance 91. There is still a shortage of 200 staff in the department".
In February 2021, a young man was stabbed in the ribs during a brawl between around thirty young people from the Champtier-du-Coq and Bois Sauvage districts.