Four days after the death of Zakaria, 15, in Romans-sur-Isère, emotions remain strong. As evidenced by this pot, opened with the agreement of his family, reports France Bleu. To date, 6,550 euros have been raised to finance the funeral of the young man, who should be buried in Morocco, his family's country of origin.
“He was like my little brother (...) the neighborhood is sad, he was a young person who didn't deserve that, he was hardworking, smiling, always there for everyone and... we took away his life. life like that"
, testifies Driss, Zakaria's apprentice master at the origin of the prize pool, to our colleagues.
“I hope that French justice will punish these criminals
,” he adds.
Zakaria was stabbed in the back on Tuesday evening, on the eve of Eid, for intervening in a fight that broke out. The conflict pitted a group of young people from the Cité de la Monnaie against men from a family outside the neighborhood, who had come that evening to confront their adversaries due to a futile dispute, which had already given rise to a previous altercation, fifteen days earlier.