The events occurred around one o'clock on January 1st. The accident took place in the sensitive district of the Cité de l'Ill to the north of Strasbourg. A vehicle, a Clio according to testimonies, hit a 15-year-old teenager before fleeing, according to a police source. As of Wednesday morning, the driver had still not been identified or found. According to a police source, the intentional nature of these facts has however been ruled out. An investigation was opened by the Strasbourg public prosecutor's office.
This drama took place “in an apparently festive setting, there was no urban violence at that time”, explained Emmanuel Georg departmental secretary of the SGP police unit union in Bas-Rhin, speaking to RTL .
For several days, the Alsatian city has been experiencing an increase in public order disturbances. The worst was feared for this night when incidents were recorded in several sensitive neighborhoods the nights preceding New Year's Eve.
Nearly 700 police officers were engaged, during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, in Strasbourg and its agglomeration as well as 500 gendarmes in the rest of Bas-Rhin, indicated the prefect of this department, Jacques Witkowski, during a press point Tuesday. 1,100 firefighters were also mobilized, including more than 300 in the Eurometropolis, and a helicopter from the national gendarmerie was available, as well as drones, he listed.
During the previous nights, “around forty arrests” took place in Strasbourg following damage to vehicles, trash fires but also urban violence, the prefect recalled.
