They came out of police custody this Friday to go to the office of the investigating judge at the Paris Court of Justice, Porte de Clichy (17th century).
This Friday, seven individuals, including six minors, suspected of being involved in the knife fight that cost the life of Baba, 16, just a week ago at Porte d'Asnières (17th century) in Paris, were presented brought to justice and referred for possible indictment.
An eighth escaped the net.
He is on the run.
This case of "intentional homicide in an organized gang" for which these young people are being prosecuted therefore dates back to November 11.
Around 9:30 p.m., boulevard Berthier, a fight broke out between rival gangs at the gates of Asnières and Saint-Ouen.
One of the participants, Baba, a resident of the city of Porte d'Asnières (17th century) known to the police, collapses stabbed.
Despite the intervention of the emergency services, the victim, who received several stab wounds to the abdomen, succumbed to his injuries.
Very quickly, the criminal brigade of the judicial police, to which the Paris prosecutor's office entrusts the investigation, identifies several participants, in particular thanks to video surveillance images, testimonies, the neighborhood survey and traces and clues.
Wednesday, 5 days after the tragedy, a first wave of arrests is conducted.
Seven young people are placed in police custody, several of whom presented themselves spontaneously to the police station.
“My client is completely devastated”
According to a source familiar with the matter, "
most
of the suspects explained their actions" during the hearings.
The scenario that emerges in this drama is that of a "street fight against a backdrop of clashes between bands" with a "death blow", summarizes another source close to the investigation.
“None assumes the will to get there… Which is also possible.
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"My client is completely devastated," says Antoine Ory, lawyer for one of the seven young people referred, arrested on Wednesday at his aunt's home.
" Everything happened really fast ".
According to master Ory, his client "is not violent" and has a clean criminal record.
The young person in question, a high school student in a technological class at a high school in the north of Paris, is moreover neither from the Porte de Saint-Ouen nor from the Porte d'Asnières (17th century) but from the Porte de Clichy (17th century).
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“This Friday, he found the Saint-Ouen gang, which he knew from having lived at Porte de Saint-Ouen before, somewhat by chance.
“The council insists:” He did not personally know the victim, nor moreover the author of the stab wound.
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45 rival gangs tracked
According to a source familiar with the matter, "these band fights can start for a futile reason - a bad look", or a desire for reprisals.
The origin of this fight with the tragic outcome would be linked to the desire for a return match.
According to another source, “a fight took place a few days before the tragedy.
A young man from the Porte de Saint-Ouen had been beaten.
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The police headquarters, via a cell called “Local group for the treatment of delinquency, specialized in gangs”, monitors 45 gangs in the Paris area, including 17 in Paris including these two.
This Friday evening, among the 7 young people brought to court, a magistrate predicted "requisitions for pre-trial detention".
Still, the investigation of the criminal brigade continues.
“They didn't have everyone,” breathes a witness.
The police are in particular on the heels of the 8th suspect, who did not wait for the wave of arrests to flee and whom they would like to arrest.
He would be the author of the fatal stab wound.