Two young people in pre-trial detention, one for murder

Neighborhood rivalries – Two young people were charged after the death of a 20-year-old man, stabbed to death in a fight in Athis-Mons

Neighborhood rivalry left one dead on Tuesday in Essonne. It was a 20-year-old man killed with a knife in Athis-Mons. Two young men have been charged, the Evry prosecutor said on Sunday, when contacted by AFP.

One of the two accused, aged 18 according to the prosecutor, was charged with murder, violence without total incapacity for work in a group and participation in a group with a view to committing violence or damage. He is suspected of having inflicted the fatal stab wound.

Placed in pre-trial detention

He was detained “provisionally” pending a hearing on Tuesday regarding his placement in pre-trial detention, the public prosecutor’s office added.

A second young adult, aged 19, was charged with group violence with a weapon and is a repeat offender, the source continued. He was placed in provisional detention. The third person arrested, also aged 18, was placed under the status of assisted witness.

Neighborhood rivalries

According to the first elements of the investigation, this fight pitted young people from the neighboring town of Draveil, who came from the historically rival neighborhoods of Mazières and Bergeries. Fatally injured in the abdomen, according to a so(…) - 20minutes

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