a school in Valence the scene of a settling of scores between rival gangs

A silent playground, deserted corridors and classrooms, a school emptied of its students and teachers in a neighborhood plagued by drugs. In the Pierre Brossolette school in Valence (Drôme), classes were suspended on Monday June 5, and the teachers are distraught. “For some time now, the goal has been to terrorize”, notes Serge Bessede, director of the school. At 1:20 p.m. Monday, for some unknown reason, a fight broke out between two rival gangs. Weapons would have been seen, parents taken to task.

“Children or no children, we will kill you all”

“It started to scream and that’s when we saw a car. They threatened us, they said: ‘We declare war, children or not children, we will kill you all’“, recalls a witness. This Wednesday, June 7, the prefecture announces arrests and searches. Security measures will be reinforced in front of the school, the objective for the director is to resume classes on Thursday.We’re down and terrified, but that’s where we’ll find our resources“For weeks Valencia has been in the throes of a turf war in several neighborhoods amid drug trafficking, with four young men killed in recent weeks. Police operations have been launched, this Wednesday, to try to recover the lost quarters.