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Essonne: a 17-year-old boy brain dead after a brawl in Fleury-Mérogis

2022-07-28T05:38:27.877Z


The victim was found on the public highway with serious head injuries on Tuesday evening. According to the first investigations, this drama will have


Gang wars have struck again in Essonne.

Tuesday evening, a 17-year-old boy, living in the town of Fleury-Mérogis, was discovered by the police in critical condition.

Hospitalized in Paris, he was declared brain dead on Wednesday.

According to the first investigations carried out by the gendarmes, the victim was seriously injured in the head during a brawl between young people from the town and the Pyramids district, in Évry-Courcouronnes.

“A first brawl would have taken place around 8 p.m. in Fleury-Mérogis, details the parquet floor of Évry, joined by Le Parisien this Wednesday evening.

During this confrontation, an individual from the town of Évry was reportedly injured.

A second brawl would have broken out around 10 p.m., place of May 8, 1945. It was local residents who contacted the police.

When they arrived there, they discovered the body of the young man, injured in the head.

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"A surge of violence that poisons our youth"

An investigation for attempted murder in an organized gang was entrusted jointly to the Évry research brigade and the Paris research section.

No arrests have yet taken place.

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The mayor (PCF) of Fleury, Olivier Corzani, reacted to this tragedy, condemning "this surge of violence which poisons our youth".

“They had taken iron bars, baseball bats with them.

When you come armed like this, you come to very seriously injure, even kill, he believes.

This cannot go unpunished.

And for there to be no revenge, there must be justice.

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Three dead in brawls in 2021

In 2021, the number of brawls had jumped in Essonne.

Three miners were killed in violent clashes: Lilibelle in Saint-Chéron, Toumani in Boussy-Saint-Antoine and Arthur in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.

Oftentimes, rivalries go back years.

“It's a matter of ego.

A simple look and everything can go wrong.

We cannot let this pass, denounces Olivier Corzani.

We need the means to implement actions from an early age.

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For several months, the State, in connection with the local authorities, has set up a departmental plan to fight against brawls.

Reinforced security actions have been implemented in the most sensitive schools, as well as in their surroundings, in partnership with National Education, the department and the region.

Source: leparis

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