The Mayotte gendarmerie announces that it has arrested six people this weekend, including the alleged perpetrator of a violent robbery of a motorist in Koungou on October 11. The video of the scene led to the blocking of the prefecture's immigration office. The collective maintains it after a new attack this Monday in Soulou.
Six people were arrested this weekend, the Mayotte gendarmerie announced this Monday, November 4. Among them, four suspects were caught red-handed after an attempted burglary in Ouangani and acts of armed violence in Pamandzi during clashes between rival gangs. The arrest of the alleged perpetrator of a violent theft committed in Koungou is reported, “with the particularity that the individual was wearing a clown mask at the time of the events.“
The gendarmerie confirms that it concerns the attack on a motorist in Koungou on October 11. The victim filmed the scene and posted the video on social networks. In particular, we see a threatening young man with a clown mask and a machete. This video provoked the anger of the citizens' collective of Mayotte 2018, which in response has blocked the prefecture's foreigners' office for more than three weeks.
The prefect had already announced progress in this matter, at the same time as a general drop in delinquency, without putting an end to the blockade. “This was far from an isolated case.“, sweeps Safina Soula, the president of the collective. “Yesterday, my uncle was in his field in Soulou with his daughter when he was attacked by two individuals with machetes. He received blows to his arms and legs, he was operated on at the CHM.”She calls to”do not use the figures from the prefecture“nor to speak of feelings of insecurity,”it’s a reality that we live every day.“New negotiations are planned with the prefecture, but no date has been agreed for the moment.
