Who was Alhoussein Camara, the young man killed at a police check in Saint-Yrieix?

Passed by an ASE home (social assistance for children) on his arrival in Charente, Alhoussein Camara obtained a CAP in cooking at Cifop and did his apprenticeship at the Buffalo Grill restaurant in Soyaux. Where Eric Magnette, the boss, makes him sign a CDI. He remembers a boy worker », « with character”. His former colleagues are “very affected”.

In 2022, Alhoussein resigned for a temporary contract at the Intermarché base in Roullet. Since his arrival in France, he had in fact never stopped working. He sent money to his mother back in Guinea every month. “ He was not a boy who stayed on his couch, he wanted to work, he contributed to the economy through his contributions. We could have avoided that “, is moved a close friend. “ He loved France and he wanted to obtain French nationalitye”, slips Maya Biret, one of her friends.

Work, as a common thread, but also football. In Aigre, first, in Puymoyen, then, for three seasons, then more recently at the Leroy club. Regularly, he also teased leather with his Guinean friends. Everyone nicknamed him M’Bappé. He swore only by the round ball. In Puymoyen, Pierre Pardailhé remembers a young man with “ a good state of mind, which has always behaved well. » At Leroy, coach Ammar Guetatfa does not say anything else. “He never caused a problem and was always, respectful. I was surprised to hear that he refused to comply. » In Leroy, the club is planning a tribute soon. At the Le Conakry grocery store, at l’Eperon where Alhoussein used to be, we also cry “M’Bappé”. The young man came there for the last time at the end of last week. “Have you gained a little weight?”had teased a friend.