A national police vehicle (illustration). - F.Brenon / 20Minutes

A 16-year-old boy was shot dead around 3:30 a.m. on the night of Friday to Saturday in Epinay-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis), we learned from concordant sources. "We have no idea of ​​the reason," said a source familiar with the matter, adding that the victim was not known to the justice system.

An investigation was opened for "homicide in an organized gang" and entrusted to the Paris criminal squad, said the Bobigny prosecution. No arrest had taken place for the time being.

The young man died on the spot

Around 3:30 am Saturday, the police intervened "for a person wounded by bullets" rue de Strasbourg, detailed a police source. Upon arrival, they discovered the young man who had "several gunshot wounds". Despite the intervention of the emergency services, he died on the spot.

At around midnight on Thursday, in the neighboring town of Saint-Denis, an 18-year-old man had already been shot and two others injured, without the reason being known at this stage. The judicial police of the department is in charge of the investigation opened for "voluntary homicide and attempted voluntary homicides".

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