The fight, the blood, the police… Alexandre (first name has been changed) did not miss anything of the argument which broke out in his building on rue Letort (18th century) this Monday January 13 in the afternoon. “It started around 4:30 p.m.,” says the thirty-year-old. It looked like they were destroying the apartment…” Alexandre knows his neighbors: this is not the first time that these two brothers have argued.
Aged around thirty for one and twenty for the other, depending on the neighborhood, they live with their mother on the second floor of this building managed by the social landlord Paris Habitat. “There is one who is adorable, he works and he is polite. And the other, he doesn’t have a bad background, but he’s a hothead,” Alexandre continues.
“He was conscious”
This time, the disagreement between brothers escalates. The oldest uses a knife to hit his brother several times. “When the cops came down, they said it was a bloodbath,” Alexandre testifies. Two hours after the altercation, a bloody office chair and belongings were still lying on the landing.
When the Samu takes care of the victim, he displays significant wounds on his arms. “He had already red bandages. He was conscious when he got into the ambulance, he even spoke with a neighbor and told him he was okay. » His brother is picked up by the police.
According to a police source, it was the mother who alerted the police and dialed 17. While her son was transported to the hospital, the other was handcuffed by the police. “He came out with his hands behind his back,” says another neighbor. This Monday, the evolution of the victim’s state of health was unknown. An investigation was opened to determine the causes and circumstances of the altercation.
