Par Anthony Soudani
Published on June 29, 23 at 12:52 See my news Follow News Lyon Sabrina and her companion, Gelson, lived on the 5th floor of the building which caught fire in Villeurbanne during the night of Wednesday to Thursday. (©Anthony Soudani / news Lyon)
“Get out, there’s a fire!” It’s burning up there! Passers-by alerted the inhabitants of the Reconnaissance-Balzac building, which was in the process of catch fire in Villeurbanne, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday June 29, 2023.
Outbursts and violence took place all over France and in the metropolis of Lyon after the death of Nahel, 17, victim of police shooting in Nanterre following a refusal to comply.
In Villeurbanne, young people fired a mortar on the balcony of the 6th floor of a building, causing an impressive fire. Four residents were slightly injured and treated by firefighters.
The building was set on fire by mortar fire on the 6th floor balcony. (©Anthony Soudani / news Lyon)
“My son said to me ‘mum, mum, quickly, let’s get out!’ »
“My son said to me ‘mum, mum quickly, we’re going out’! “. Sabrina and Gelson put their things in their car. Still in shock after a sleepless night, they will be relocated. They are 35 people to be, according to the City of Villeurbanne.
” I did not sleep. I am traumatized by what happened, ”says Sabrina. Their balcony is burned. “Me, I don’t even come back anymore,” the resident confides to us. They were five, six young according to the inhabitants. “Kids”, we are told, probably teenagers from the neighborhood.
“Luckily the fire started on the 6th floor. If they had aimed for the ground floor, we would have died“, coldly analyzes Gelson.
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Residents in shock and misunderstanding
A witness tells us about the scene: “It started at 11:30 p.m., midnight. They were firing mortars. A man on the 6th floor asked them to stop, they insulted him, before shooting on the balcony. »
The young people got on the tram stop to reach the apartment with the mortars.
“It’s in Nanterre that it happens, and we here, we drink”
The fire began to catch sight of bystanders shocked by what was unfolding. “It’s in Nanterre that it happens, and we here, we drink,” gets angry a resident.
Madame Ouatah lives on the 2nd floor, she is struggling to recover: “It was shocking”, to see the building on fire. “I haven’t slept a wink all night. It’s truly sad… “
A general feeling of incomprehension reigns among the inhabitants. Why them? A police investigation has been opened. This Thursday noon, there have not yet been any arrests.
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2023-06-30 08:41:18
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