On the night of Saturday to Sunday, September 19, a deadly brawl broke out at the end of a ball organized by the village entertainment committee at the village hall in Crépol in the north of Drôme. 300 to 400 people are present. According to the first elements of the investigation, a group of around ten young people show up at the end of the evening around 1:30 a.m. A violent fight ensues in front of the village hall.
Julien Ryamond
17 people supported
A 16-year-old minor injured with a knife died during his transport to the Lyon hospital center. Two other people aged 23 and 28 were treated in absolute emergency and transported to Valencia hospital. Six other victims were more lightly injured, not including eight other people in a state of shock. 39 firefighters were engaged. A psychological cell is open. The perpetrators are on the run.
Shock and astonishment in the village
There was astonishment this Sunday in the town of 550 inhabitants. The mayor of Crépol Martine Lagut is in shock: “I feel depressed because it’s not normal for things like this to happen in our small rural villages. It’s a tragedy that we’re experiencing, our village is really affected by this event. It’s a shame. gratuitous violence, it was very brutal and very violent”.
Residents talk about a group coming from the Monnaie district in Romans-sur-Isère. What would these young people have come to do in the village? Were the blows given to the deceased young man intended to kill? The investigation is open for intentional homicide and attempted homicide, said the Public Prosecutor of Valence Laurent de Caigny. The research section of the Grenoble gendarmerie was responsible for the investigation.
Julien Raymond