An Afghan killed in Colmar after protesting against an urban rodeo, an open judicial investigation – Le Monde

A white march was organized in Colmar (Haut-Rhin), Monday August 15, in memory of the young Afghan killed the day before. PHILIPPE MARCHEGAY / PHOTOPQR/L’ALSACE/MAXPPP A judicial inquiry was opened on Monday August 15, due to the death, the day before, of a 27-year-old Afghan shot and killed following an urban rodeo in Colmar , in the Haut-Rhin. An investigating judge was seized of the charge of “assassination against X”, declared to Agence France-Presse (AFP) the prosecutor Catherine Sorita-Minard, specifying that “the author or authors are on the run”. The facts occurred Sunday, at midday, in the Europe district, in Colmar. A group of Afghans shared a barbecue, before being bothered by the noise of a scooter whose driver was performing a rodeo. An altercation ensued with the driver who eventually left the scene before returning, shooting one of the group of Afghans and fleeing, according to a police source’s account. “The situation degenerated (…) with the group of Afghans to which the victim belongs and a group to which the driver of the scooter belonged”, reported another police source, without mentioning a rodeo or gathering of scooters. According to this source, the shooter was not necessarily the driver of the scooter. White march The man was hit in the chest. Hospitalized in critical condition, he succumbed to his injuries later that day. The Mulhouse branch of the judicial police is in charge of the investigation. A white march gathered, Monday afternoon, one hundred and sixty-five people, according to the police. The demonstrators marched with Afghan flags and held up portraits of the victim, according to photos released by the Latest News from Alsace. Also read: Urban rodeos: Gérald Darmanin wants more checks, a man indicted and detained in Pontoise Monday, at the end of the day, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced on Twitter the sending of the CRS 8 – a mobile unit created to intervene quickly throughout the territory – in Colmar “to carry out police operations in order to restore republican order and bring to justice the thugs who want to impose their law”. “Significant means are being implemented to find the killer of Colmar”, wrote the minister again. The mayor of Colmar, Eric Straumann (Les Républicains), estimated on Facebook that “the death of this young man affects[ait] the whole population of Colmar”. He called for “not to feed social networks with comments as excessive as they are useless” and to let “the police do their job”. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers Urban rodeos or “bike life”: these bikers who reinvent the (rear) wheel Le Monde with AFP