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Antony (South Paris): A young man died after an assault in a bus

27 Feb 2011 Leave a Comment

by micalmos in Antony, France, Paris, Uncategorized, Violence Tags: assalto, assault, brawl, bus, homicide, latrocinio, murder, public transportation, RATP, TVM

A man died in Antony (South Paris Area), on the night of Friday to Saturday, following a fight on a bus line TVM

The tragedy occurred on the night of Friday to Saturday near the station RER B La Croix de Berny, Antony (South Paris), there was almost nothing left yesterday morning. Only one placard left by the departmental service of judicial police in the shelter where the buses TVM (Trans Val-de-Marne), RATP towards Saint-Maur Créteil (Val-de-Marne) . At this point, a young man of 24 years succumbed to his injuries on Saturday to 0 h 30, after a violent brawl in a bus. The men of the PJ have plastered a sheet of paper with a phone number to the attention of potential witnesses.

According to preliminary investigation, it appears that a group of four young people are beaten, for some unknown reason, around 23 pm 30 inside one of the coaches TVM. “Four young boys, including the victim, who were in the bus exchanged blows, tells a source close to the case. An exchange of glances or words between the various actors could be the cause of the violence. During the scuffle, a bus window was smashed and a fire extinguisher was used by attackers to strike the victim. ”
Habibou Sow, 24, lives in Montreuil-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), left the bus a few minutes after the incident, accompanied by two friends. The boy, unknown to police, walked a few meters, Avenue Charles de Gaulle, before collapsing on the floor, his chest covered with blood. Despite the rapid intervention of emergency, died Habibou to 0 h 30. “The victim had a wound in the back of the skull, said Stephen Pelliccia, Deputy Regional Secretary UNSA police union. It was also wounded in the neck with what could be likened to a punch. There was this bus a rampage, incomprehensible and uncontrollable, which resulted in the death of this young man of 24 years. ”

The two friends of the victim were heard by investigators of the PJ in the Hauts-de-Seine. “This bus is regularly used by young people who want to go to the disco Metropolis, Rungis (Val-de-Marne), recounts a close case. The perpetrator or perpetrators of violence resulting in the death of the victim have not been identified. “The evocation of drama surprises users met early yesterday afternoon.
“I’ve never witnessed physical assaults on the bus, shows a lady in waiting for a next start of TVM. However, I have long taken the line every day. Over the past year, I use it only on weekends, but it did not seem to have changed. “The incidents seem rather to locate in the neighboring department of Val de Marne, Thiais in particular. “I’ve attended a few exchanges of insults with young people assembled at Belle Thorn or people who annoyed others by putting the music too loud,” says Barnett, but it never went further. ”
TVM was not bad reputation for safety. “This is not really a rough line,” confirmed a machinist. To follow the trail of the suspects, the police will now use the recordings from CCTV cameras installed on RATP buses.