Two rival bands clashed Saturday evening near a gymnasium where a MMA fight was organized. The victim was shot. A 16 -year -old young man introduced himself to the Argenteuil police station on Sunday, claiming to be the author.
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At the end of a MMA fight organized in a small gymnasium in Coignières, in the Yvelines, a 14 -year -old teenager was killed on the night of Saturday 26 to Sunday 27 November during a brawl. Sunday afternoon, a 16-year-old young man introduced himself to the police station of Argenteuil (Val-d’Oise), declaring that he is the author of the mortal blow. Originally from Coignières, it was placed in police custody.
The Moulin-à-Vent gymnasium organized mixed martial arts fights (MMA) on Saturday evening. The victim, who came from Maurepas, a neighboring city of around 17,000 inhabitants, was present with his father to this sports gala, bringing together children and parents, according to a source close to the file.
According to the first elements of the investigation, at the end of the evening, around midnight, two bands of young people compete outside the establishment: that of the district of wasteland, Maurepas, against that, ” rival “, merchants, coignières. The victim then receives blows to the head that will be fatal to him, said the Versailles prosecutor’s office.
“historic” “rivalry” between the young of the two cities “
The blows may have been brought down using a hammer, according to a police source. The victim died around 1 a.m., despite attempts to resuscitate help. A second young man from Maurepas, 16, was slightly injured in the head. Still according to the first elements of the investigation, witnesses had locked the suspect in the gymnasium, but he would have succeeded in fleeing through a window.
The investigation, open for voluntary homicide, was entrusted to the judicial police in Versailles. Nothing was, however, fearing a particular excess of violence around this sporting event on Saturday evening. The two cities, with a rather peaceful reputation despite some sensitive districts, are located on the edge of the forest, about fifteen kilometers from Versailles.
“There is a” historic “rivalry between the young people of the two cities, but that has never resulted in something so violent,” said a source to the France-Presse (AFP) agency (AFP) Within the town hall of Coignières, a small town of less than 5,000 inhabitants. “We are a quiet city, we have an extremely low delinquency rate,” also underlined this source.
Avoid a “return match”
When something happens, it often comes from the merchant district. But “it is often more incivility than anything else, merchants is not even a QPV district [priority districts of city policy]”, explained this source. Maurepas, for its part, “is a rather city of seniors, with bourgeoisie,” a resident of the wasteland district explained to AFP. But in several districts, like his, “you don’t feel safe,” she said.