“It’s blind violence to terrorize and control the neighborhood,” denounces Mayor Stéphane Blanchet

This shooting “is not an isolated news item”, “there is something heavy, structured”, estimates Stéphane Blanchet, Saturday on franceinfo. The mayor of Sevran calls for “a long-term strategy” to fight drug trafficking.

“It’s violence to terrorize and control the neighborhood”denounces the mayor of Sevran, Stéphane Blanchet, on franceinfo, Saturday May 4, the day after the shooting which left one dead and six injured in this town of Seine-Saint-Denis. The chosen one says to himself “in a state of shock”, with “both a lot of anger” And “a lot of sadness”. He says that municipal agents, “in a state of panic”tried to “rescue the injured”.

The attack took place in the Beaudottes district, which Stéphane Blanchet describes as a “meeting place”A “place of life”. But, according to him, “there is a deal point that is not far away”. “There have already been other shootings nearby, several days ago”, adds the mayor. He says there will be additional security in the neighborhood in the coming hours. “I saw the police trucks passing by. There, they will be present all night and certainly again next night,” he confides.

The elected official criticizes a “parallel economy”

For Stéphane Blanchet, this shooting “is not an isolated news item”, “there is something heavy, structured”, with a “worsening deaths and injuries”. He castigates a “parallel economy that must be attacked with appropriate means”. An operation “XXL net square” was organized “on another sector of the city”recalls the elected official.

“There must then be legal action, and then we cannot be left alone.”

Stéphane Blanchet, mayor of Sevran

on franceinfo

For several years, local elected officials, like Stéphane Blanchet, have been calling for the installation of a full-function police station in Sevran. The mayor of Sevran is asking for more resources and “a long-term strategy” to fight against drug trafficking. “We must attack the sources of profits, easy money laundering”This “which does not only concern Sevran” And “needs to be amplified to a much higher level”he specifies.