Violence once again leaves Mayotte in mourning. A 17-year-old teenager was shot dead early Sunday evening during clashes between gangs in the Kawéni and Majikavo neighborhoods, in the northeast of the department’s main island, we learned from a police source. .
Two other people were injured by the same weapon, the same source said, confirming information from Mayotte the 1st.
MP Liot deplores an “escalation” of violence
These facts come two days after the visit of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, who promised more means to counter insecurity in the poorest department in France, shaken by clashes between groups of young people from rival villages.
Mayotte MP Estelle Youssouffa (Liot) deplored on X an “escalation” in the violence experienced by the population of the small archipelago in the Indian Ocean. “Drastic measures to restore security and eradicate the criminal gangs that are rampant around the slums must be taken with an arm that does not tremble,” reacted on the same social network the other deputy of the territory, Mansour Kamardine (LR).