Drones to avoid clashes. After the murder of Rayane Lemmouchi, a 25-year-old dental surgeon who was stabbed to death last week during an attack by a group of about ten people, the police are pulling out all the stops.
A prefectural decree, taken on Friday, authorizes the use of drones, from Friday noon to Monday evening, above the communes of Pré-Saint-Gervais and Lilas to avoid clashes between gangs from rival districts of Seine-Saint-Denis . The drones will aim to “detect the movements of young people armed with weapons who would be tempted to move from one city to another to do battle” according to the text.
A “return match” last Monday
Originally from Toulouse, who came to study in the Paris region, Rayane Lemmouchi is “a fortuitous victim” who is part of a context of old rivalry between bands of Lilas, Bagnolet and Pré-Saint-Gervais. Proof of this is that the perpetrators of the violence launched “where does it come from? “, according to the testimony of the cousins, before embarking on their victims, reports a source close to the investigation.
Following this murder, a “return match” took place on Monday in Les Lilas where around twenty young people fought, indicated a police source, for whom the use of drones will make it possible “to prevent, secure and appease the sector to avoid clashes between young people”. Minors were killed in 2021, 2019 and 2018 in the town or on the edge, in clashes between rival gangs.
Rayane Lemmouchi’s family has launched a call for witnesses to find the perpetrators who are probably from Pré-Saint-Gervais, according to a source close to the investigation. The scene of the assault was captured by CCTV cameras, said the Bobigny prosecutor’s office, which entrusted the investigation to the judicial police of Seine-Saint-Denis. At this stage, no one has been arrested.