Rayane Lemmouchi, killed on the night of Saturday to Sunday in Les Lilas (Seine-Saint-Denis), was probably the victim of a mistake, in addition to the violence of a gang of individuals. This is what sources close to the investigation told Agence France-Presse, who believe that this young dentist is “a fortuitous victim” which is part of a context of old rivalry between the communes of Lilas. , Bagnolet and Pré-Saint-Gervais.
Rayane Lemmouchi was visiting his cousins on Saturday when the latter were attacked shortly before 11 p.m. by a group of around ten people, including one who stabbed him, according to sources close to the investigation. . Before rushing on the victims, the authors wondered about their origin, by launching “where does it come from? », according to the testimonies of the cousins. Accrediting the thesis of a collateral victim.
“My family is heartbroken”
Rayane Lemmouchi rented an apartment in Drancy and had just started her career in a dental office in La Courneuve. “My family is heartbroken,” said Idriss Lemmouchi, brother of the victim on Twitter. “My darling little brother was a dentist. He had just graduated and started last November,” he added, asking anyone with “any info (…) to call the Bobigny police station.” The victim’s aunt, Laouar Chachoua Hassiba, also a dental surgeon, also launched a call for witnesses on its Facebook page. “I carried him baby and I rocked him small and I saw him grow with my children”, she commented, saying to herself “broken”.
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.