Two young adults charged following a fatal brawl

Two young people aged 18 and 19 have been charged, one with murder, after a 20-year-old man was stabbed to death on Tuesday in Athis-Mons in Essonne.alleged stabber“, aged 18 according to the prosecution, was charged with murder, violence without total incapacity for work in a group and participation in a group with a view to committing violence or damage.

A judicial investigation was opened for these charges on Thursday. He was imprisoned “provisionally” pending a debate on Tuesday regarding his placement in provisional detention, the prosecution also indicated.

A second young adult, aged 19, was charged with group violence with a weapon and is a repeat offender, the source continued. He was placed in provisional detention. The third person arrested, also aged 18, was placed under the status of assisted witness.

Rival neighborhoods

According to initial findings from the investigation, this fight took place between young people from the neighbouring town of Draveil, who came from the historically rival districts of Mazières and Bergeries.

Fatally wounded in the abdomen, according to a police source, the victim died of his injuries in hospital. Two of the accused were arrested at the scene, a third having presented himself at the police station after the incident.

The Essonne department accounts for a quarter of the brawls recorded in France, these clashes between young people against a backdrop of rivalry between neighbourhoods and often with obscure motives, several political leaders noted during a conference on the subject in April.