Caroline Baudry / Credits: CLOTILDE GOURLET / AFP 6:14 a.m., March 19, 2024, modified at 6:15 a.m., March 19, 2024
The police force was maintained in La Courneuve where the police station was attacked during the night from Sunday to Monday in reaction to the death of young Wanys, 18, following a chase with the police.
9 individuals were arrested, 2 minors and 7 adults aged 18 to 21, whose violence was condemned by local residents.
Europe 1 went to the site.
“There was a mortar that slammed next to our ears because they were shooting into the air.”
On the fifth and top floor of the building adjoining the police station, Jean-Pierre, 57, was in the front row when a rain of fireworks and molotov cocktails hit the building in a cloud of smoke and destroyed it. pushed to shelter.
"It's useless to do all that, if they shot it's because they are responsible for what they did. It's not because they are minors that we should coddle them! They would have had something in the brain and then well educated by the parents, I think that it would not have happened like that", he loses his temper.
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“There are families who are afraid to sleep”
In front of the middle school on the same street, a group of students are in mourning.
“Wanys, everyone knew him, he was kind, he helped everyone, he was neither aggressive nor mean, his little brother is my friend,” says one of them.
At the same time, Karim, 55 years old, father, stops to chat.
“Calm, calm, no violence, that’s all. There are families who are afraid to sleep,” he asks.
From the police station to the residential area, the presence of law enforcement reassures these families who fear the conflagration of their neighborhood.