He will remember the week of his baccalaureate as the one where he lost a friend. “I’m still in shock, I don’t realize”testifies the young man of 18 years, after the death of Jibril Mulard, killed with a knife on the night of June 22 to 23, 2024 in Niort.
“It doesn’t surprise me that he tried to save his friend”
Thursday June 20, 2024, the two high school students took the baccalaureate at Venise-Verte: general for the first, technological for the second, in the science and technology of management and management (STMG) sector. “When we went out, I sent him a message to ask him how it went for him, says the final year student. He replied that he had managed it quite well. »
Three days later, the young man saw several dove emojis pop up on social networks, before the inevitable message: “Did you hear about Jibril?” » After that, he goes to Allée Jacques-Coulais, “where I pass almost every day”. It is there, as we recall “traces of blood”that the brawl broke out which, on the night of June 22 to 23, was fatal to Jibril Mulard. “Now, when I go there, there will always be a little thought for him. »
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The two boys met during their college years at Jean-Zay. Together they share their passion for football, then later, that of MMA. “He was a humble, determined person. It doesn’t surprise me that he tried to save his friend who was getting busted. It’s in his values. He was brave”reports the high school student, alternating between the use of the past and that of the present.
An “act of bravery”
In the pages of our colleagues at Western mailanother friend of Jibril reports the same scenario, namely that the Niortais would have interposed himself between the attacker and a friend, in order to protect him.
« His act of bravery cost him his life.”greets on social networks the Chamois Niortais football club, where Jibril Mulard has officiated as a referee since March 2024. The club regrets “a boy with a big heart”dont “the kindness was recognized by all”.
