A 16-year-old young man killed in Paris in a brawl

The teenager succumbed to his knife wounds, after a brawl that occurred on Friday evening November 11 in the 17^e district of Paris.

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The police intervened following a knife fight in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.
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Published on 11/12/2022 at 5:54 p.m.

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Lhe facts took place around 9:20 p.m. in the 17^e district of Paris, in the northwest of the capital. A 16-year-old young man died on the night of Friday November 11 to Saturday November 12, after a knife fight, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office and police sources familiar with the matter. The police intervened “for a brawl involving fifteen young people and a notion of knives and other weapons by destination”, reports a police source, who favors the hypothesis of a “rivalry between gangs”.

Hit in the abdomen, the victim, “well known” to the police, died despite the intervention of the emergency services, according to these two sources. There was “no arrest” at this stage, said the source familiar with the matter. An investigation for intentional homicide in an organized gang has been opened and entrusted to the criminal brigade of the Parisian judicial police, said the Paris prosecutor’s office.

Reinforced workforce in the 17^e arrondissement

The prefect of police Laurent Nuñez indicated, during a press briefing, that the police force would be reinforced in the 17^e rounding to “avoid a return match in the next few days. He acknowledged that it was necessary to do “much better and much more” in the fight against gang phenomena, but nevertheless considered “positive” the results of the interministerial plan launched in June 2021 with a 13% drop in clashes in 2022. nationally, from around 300 to 265.

The police headquarters, via a dedicated unit, monitors 45 bands in the Paris area, including 17 in Paris.

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“Very serious, dramatic and criminal event, boulevard Berthier, where I went this evening: a 16-year-old teenager from the neighborhood was fatally stabbed by a gang. We are heartbroken, ”commented the mayor (LR) of 17^e district of Paris, Geoffroy Boulard.