2023-06-30 20:41:53
One dead, overseas. The urban violence that followed the death of young Nahel killed, on the night of Thursday June 29 to Friday June 30 in French Guiana, a resident of the Stanislas housing estate, neighboring the popular district of Mont-Lucas, in Cayenne. “It’s one death too many”said the prefect Thierry Queffelec, Friday, June 30.
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The police indicate that the 54-year-old man, an employee of the territorial community of Guyana, was on his balcony on the ground floor when he received a chest injury. “stray bullet fired by the rioters”. Two journalists from Guyana the 1st were interviewing the territorial director of the national police when they heard a shot, then the cries of distress of the victim located a few tens of meters away. The president of the community, Gabriel Serville (various left), expressed “a deep sadness and an immense emotion”. “This loss is disastrous and plunges Guyanese families into suffering and pain”he added, “Strongly condemning the use of firearms and all forms of violence that have led to this tragedy”.
“The findings and the investigation establish without question that the shots came from the rioters, the police never used a lethal weapon throughout the evening”explain to Monde Philippe Jos, the territorial director. “We could have had a deceased colleaguehe adds. When we intervened in the city, there were several shots of firearms, and when we left the scene, there was a second series, including the fatal shot which hit the victim on his terrace. »
No need to “take a curfew measure”
In Mont-Lucas, the police were also the target of numerous mortar fires and fireworks. Young people had sent messages on social networks on Thursday showing their solidarity with Nahel, and their desire to do battle with the police. During the night in Cayenne, roadblocks were erected and then set on fire in four districts, in Mont-Lucas, in the Chinese Village, in Novaparc and in Chatenay. The police say they fired one hundred and forty tear gas canisters and fired around forty shots from defense bullet launchers (LBD). Other municipalities, Matoury, Macouria and Kourou, have been affected by incidents. Six people were arrested, including four minors. Friday, the prefect decided to close the shops at 8 p.m.
In the overseas territories, the violence erupted forty-eight hours later than in France, but it followed the pattern: mortar fire, street furniture and vehicles burned, clashes between young people and military forces. ‘order.
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