“He's a collateral victim“, said this Friday to France Bleu Poitou, Wadji Ayède, manager of the Le Pac-Miam snack bar located on Place Coïmbra, in the Couronneries district of Poitiers, where a young 15-year-old teenager was seriously injured by gunfire in a fight, Thursday October 31, around 10:45 p.m. He is still between life and death this Friday at the beginning of the afternoon, with a life-threatening condition.
“I heard gunshots, five or six explosions in bursts. As I came out, I saw the young man lying on the ground“, says the manager of the snack bar. “I know him, he's a customer. He's a very polite young man, I also know his familyhe continues. It really hurts my heart. I know the young man has nothing to do with all this, I'm sure he has no history, neither him nor his family“.
“He's not a kid who hangs around outside, he's very polite, very kind, very discreet“, he added, describing “a day before a public holiday, a completely normal evening“. “I've been living in the neighborhood for six years, I've had my restaurant, there have never been gunshots like this“, he finished.
Four other people were injured by bullets, including at least two 16-year-olds, according to several police sources at franceinfo. If the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau had initially spoken on BFMTV about “4 to 600 people“participants in this brawl, a police source speaks of”50 to 60 people” present on site. Scuffles broke out and the police had to use tear gas to disperse the participants in the brawl. Calm returned to the area around 11:30 p.m.
“I first want to call for calm“, declared to France Bleu Poitou the prefect of the Vienne department, Jean-Marie Girier. “IIt is not possible that some people could imagine taking justice into their own hands.“, he said, assuring that “the police are mobilized, the judicial authority is also mobilized and we must let them work“.
“In the same way, I call on families not to let minors, sometimes young ones, roam the streets at night.“, he continued. Friday evening, 80 police officers will be mobilized in the Couronneries district, notably with reinforcements from the CRS8, a unit specializing in the fight against urban violence. “It will help bring calm to the neighborhood and avoid any tension in public space.“, he finished.
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