Sevran – Aulnay-sous-Bois: new night of urban violence after the death of a man by police shooting

Trash fires, vehicle fires, makeshift barricades placed across the road to prevent the progress of the police, throwing various projectiles at them… The evening did not remain calm for long. New urban violence punctuated the night from Sunday to Monday, in the city of Beaudottes, in Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis).

The clashes spilled over into the neighboring town of Aulnay-sous-Bois. A Transdev bus was stolen by around fifty young people, some armed with iron bars, who forced the driver to get off, then set the vehicle ablaze a few streets away, according to our information. Individuals also set fire to a truck. A construction machine was also burned in Tremblay-en-France.

Firefighters had to put out the fires. The security forces responded to these various provocations with tear gas canisters. “Groups of young people from different neighborhoods formed during the night,” said a police source on Monday morning.

Gérald Darmanin evokes this Tuesday morning 13 arrests Monday evening which are added to 16 others of the weekend.

“A police car was hit by a molotov cocktail”, details another police source, who points to an “alliance of circumstances because these are neighborhoods that are in rivalry”. The districts of Gros-Saule (Aulnay), 3000 (Aulnay) and Beaudottes (Sevran) are very close together and for the moment, urban violence is confined there. Calm returned around 3:30 a.m. on Monday morning.

An important device had been deployed in the city of Sevran since Saturday, following the death of a man, driving a stolen van, died following a shot by a police officer from the anti-crime brigade of Aulnay-sous-Bois . Many reinforcements had been called in the afternoon to carry out the findings.

The Beaudottes district was then squared during the day. From the beginning of the evening, the police had to come under mortar fire, throwing stones, projectiles, and several fires of garbage cans, rubbish and cars had also been lit. Ten people had thus been arrested and placed in police custody, suspected of being linked to these acts, on Sunday.

The death of a 32-year-old father on Saturday, at the height of the Beaudottes district, set fire to the powder. The man resided in Sevran and was well known to everyone, as well as to the police. He was fatally shot by a policeman, following a check that went wrong.

A meeting with the prefect and elected officials scheduled for Monday

The police had been called for a stolen vehicle in Aulnay-sous-Bois, around noon. They had spotted the van carrying packages. She stopped at a red light. One of the police officers got out of his vehicle, approached the driver’s window and reported himself, the Bobigny prosecutor’s office explained on Sunday afternoon. For reasons yet to be determined, the police officer fired his weapon as the van sped away. The driver was hit. The vehicle drove a few meters, hit a parked car and then came to a stop in the Beaudottes district, in Sevran.

Seriously injured, the 30-year-old was airlifted to hospital. A few hours later, he succumbed to his injuries.

An investigation has been opened. The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) was seized to determine the reasons for this shooting. The police officer in question, very shocked, was hospitalized and could not be heard again on Sunday, said the Bobigny prosecutor’s office.

According to our information, a meeting is scheduled for the day between the mayor of Sevran, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Tremblay-en-France and the prefect, in order to take stock of the situation.

“Since 2010, the department of Seine-Saint-Denis has lost 300 police officers”, recalls Erwan Guermeur, the departmental secretary Unit SGP police 93, whose first thoughts go to his colleague, “who felt his life threatened. The police continue to go to the neighborhoods despite the difficulties. I give them my full support.”