Hundreds of people paraded on Saturday in memory of the 16 -year -old adolescent, stabbed on January 16, in the hope that this young person is the last victim of rivalries between neighborhoods.
by Robin Richardot and Lucie Soullier
The meeting point was given at the bottom of the tower where Tidiane lived. This Saturday afternoon January 21, in Thiais (Val-de-Marne), more than 1,500 people gathered for a white march towards the Guillaume-Apollinaire high school, frequented by this 16-year-old teenager killed suddenly of knife, Monday, January 16, because of a brawl between young people from Thiais and Choisy-le-Roi. According to several witnesses, the young man tried to separate the two camps before receiving the fatal blow.
The emotion was very strong within the procession, where many young people dressed in white t-shirts paying tribute to Tidiane were present. “He was a friend and a very beautiful person,” breathes a young man from the 21 -year -old neighborhood. “This kid was an angel, who never had problems, says Céline, resident of Thiais whose son played in the same football club as Tidiane. This violence must stop.” Residents of other municipalities had also come to provide support. “This phenomenon of bands touches everyone unfortunately, regrets a fifties from Vitry-sur-Seine, mother of a 13-year-old boy. It is difficult to understand this violence and that saddens us a lot.”
This call for calm was shared by the family. In front of the Guillaume-Apollinaire high school, where the crowd was gathered, the father of Tidiane asked young people in front of him “to show restraint” in order to avoid yet another return match in this phenomenon of rival bands. Especially since this stage, the investigation is oriented towards the hypothesis of reprisals after a brawl a few days earlier, Friday January 13 at 9 p.m.; About fifteen individuals, some wearing knife or hammer, had been seen heading to the bus stop “Thiais Village” to Choisy-le-Roi.
four teenagers in pre-trial detention
Wednesday, January 18, four adolescents – three of 16 years old and one of 15 years old, all of Choisy -le -Roi – were indicted for voluntary homicide in organized gang and attempted voluntary homicide in organized gang. They were placed in pre -trial detention. The Prosecutor’s Office of Créteil said that three of them recognized that they were present but challenged having attacked the victims – during the brawl, a teenager was also injured – despite several testimonies questioning them.
In their hearings, the witnesses described a dozen attackers, “most concealed face”, armed for two of them of knives and for two others of a golf club and a base battle -Bal.
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