His name was Abbas, he was 16 years old and lived in Ivry-sur-Seine. This teenager was killed this Tuesday morning in a brawl which broke out on rue Corvisart, in front of the Rodin high school, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The events took place around 7:50 a.m. According to witnesses interviewed by the police, around eight individuals rushed in and sprayed tear gas at young people and passers-by who were then on the sidewalk in front of the school.
The small group attacked the victim, who received a stab wound to the left side. The perpetrator got rid of the weapon by throwing it in the schoolyard. The attackers then fled towards Boulevard Auguste Blanqui.
“A phenomenon of recurring brawls between young people”
According to our information, Abbas ran about thirty meters down the street before collapsing in front of one of his friends and losing consciousness. While waiting for help, a local resident, aged 39, tried to resuscitate him by giving him cardiac massage. The firefighters, who arrived on site at 8:14 a.m., took over. Six minutes later, a Smur team arrived on the scene and took care of the young man. He was transported in absolute emergency to the Pitié Salpêtrière hospital, where his death was declared around 9:15 a.m.
On the instructions of the prefect of police, Laurent Nuñez, the police deployed in the area to secure it. They discovered the murder weapon, a knife with a green handle and an 18 cm blade.
“This murder is part of the continuity of a phenomenon of recurring brawls between young people in the 13th arrondissement sector, where eight clashes have been observed since May 2024,” indicates to 20 Minutes the Paris public prosecutor’s office, which opened an investigation for assassination, entrusted to the police officers of territorial security 75.
A suspect arrested
Investigators will notably try to understand what Abbas was doing at the scene this morning, he who attends the Maximilien Perret high school in Alfortville, in Val-de-Marne. Was he targeted by this commando? Or is he a collateral victim? A suspect, born in 2008 like him, was arrested on site. Is he involved in Abbas’ death? The investigators “carry out all the necessary checks”, explains the Paris prosecutor’s office.
Between 2022 and 2023, brawls between rival gangs increased by 10% in the Paris metropolitan area, reaching 413 incidents compared to 375, according to information communicated by the Paris police headquarters. There were four deaths in 2023 compared to three in 2022. The number of injuries increased by 26% and that of the use of a weapon increased by 22.5% between 2022 and 2023.
“More and more equipped to fight”
“In the 13th, since May, there have been a lot of fights. Unfortunately, this is a phenomenon that is increasingly common in Ile-de-France. It’s a recurring problem,” notes Reda Belhaj, spokesperson for the Un1té police union for the region.
In mid-October, Meissane, a 16-year-old teenager, was stabbed to death 900 meters from his high school in Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis). At the beginning of November, four teenagers were injured with an ax at Ozoir-la-Ferrière station, in Seine-et-Marne. “They are increasingly equipped to fight it out,” observes Reda Belhaj. What stands out this time is the morning time and the location, in front of a school. »
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