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The Minister of the Interior reacts after the fatal brawl in Crépol.
The Minister of the Interior reacts after the fatal brawl in Crépol. – (FRANCE 5)
Guest of the program “C’ à vous” on France 5 Monday evening, the Minister of the Interior specified that the gendarmerie had already carried out “more than 70 hearings” in this case.
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, described, Monday, November 20,“despicable” And “unacceptable” the death of a 16-year-old boy on Saturday evening during a brawl at a party in the village of Crépol (Drôme), adding: “It’s a general bankruptcy of our society.”
Guest of the program “C’ à vous” on France 5, the Minister of the Interior specified that the gendarmerie had already carried out “more than 70 auditions”.
Victims aged 16 to 65
Saturday evening in Crépol, while a “winter ball” bringing together 350 people was organized, “an external group of individuals” to this town of 532 inhabitants had sought to enter the village hall, according to the public prosecutor of Valence Laurent de Caigny.
There followed one “general brawl” after these people were prohibited from entering the room. A 16-year-old teenager died from stabbings and two other seriously injured young men were hospitalized. In total, emergency services counted 17 elderly victims from 16 to 65 years old, mostly men. At this stage, there have been no arrests.
“What happened is not extremely clear or too clear: people who came from elsewhere and wanted to force entry to this party and stabbed people. It’s called savagery “. He estimated that he “we need to rethink the framework of authority”. “We must restore authority everywhere”insisted Gérald Darmanin.
