In New York, two Toulouse graffiti artists die hit by the metro

They were mowed down while realizing every graffiti artist's dream: to bomb the New York subway tunnel.

Julien Blanc, alias Jibone, and Pierre Audebert, known as Full1, died on Wednesday, hit by a subway train in Brooklyn.

According to the

, the alert was given by a driver who saw the bodies of the two Toulouse street artists, probably hit by a previous train.

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It was graffiti artist Ceet Fouad, also in New York, who soberly formalized on Facebook the death of his friends and "brothers", raising a wave of emotion on social networks where tributes are multiplying.

Julien Blanc was 34 years old and was the father of two children.

Pierre Audebert was 28 years old.

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