A major wound, about ten centimeters at the level of the thorax.

A 15-year-old boy was seriously injured in a brawl between gangs of young people on Wednesday outside his high school in Longjumeau (Essonne).

Following this stab, the vital prognosis of the young man is engaged, specified the parquet floor of Evry, requested by AFP and confirming information from the

Parisian

.

According to a police source, he was hit by three stab wounds.

He was rushed to a Paris hospital.

No other injuries were identified and no arrests were made, the prosecution said.

73 collective clashes in 2021 in Essonne

This attack took place at the end of the afternoon in front of the Jean-Perrin vocational school, during a brawl between around thirty people opposing young people from rival districts of Longjumeau and the neighboring town of Chilly-Mazarin.

This school is located near the sports complex between the two municipalities.

An investigation was opened for attempted murder and was entrusted to the Essonne departmental security.

This department is regularly the scene of brawls between gangs of young people and was badly affected last year, with three deaths of teenagers.

The prefecture counted 73 collective clashes in 2021. A figure which rises to 129, according to the prosecution, when individual conflicts for territorial rivalries are also recorded.

In this context, schools are closely monitored by the authorities to prevent these fights.

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