French City Rocked by Unrest Blamed on Score-Settling Chechens

[Vergennes]

French police said Monday that dozens of reinforcements were being sent to the eastern city of Dijon after it was rocked by a weekend of unrest blamed on Chechens seeking vengeance for an assault on a teenager.

Police sources said the unrest was sparked by an attack on a 16-year-old member of the Chechen community on June 10.



Members of the Chechen diaspora then set out on so-called punishment raids seeking to avenge the assault, they said.

"What happened is unprecedented and unacceptable," the city's mayor, Francois Rebsamen, told AFP.

The crowd carried out three raids on three successive nights starting Friday, with many people wielding baseball bats.

The local prefect Bernard Schmeltz — the top state official in the region — said in a statement that the violence "appeared to be part of a settling of scores between members of the Chechen community in France and residents" of Dijon.

Police said that in one incident some 50 Chechens entered the restive district of Gresilles overnight Saturday, and a man who owns a pizzeria was badly wounded by apparent gunfire.

Even more people, around 200, also entered Gresilles late on Sunday with violent intent.

In an interview with local daily Le Bien Public, a man claiming to be a Chechen said the raids aimed to avenge an assault by local dealers on the 16-year-old.

"There were about a hundred of us from all over France but also from Belgium and Germany. We never intended to ransack the city or take it out on the people," said the man, who was not identified by name.

Dijon prosecutor Eric Mathais said a total of six people had been injured in the three incidents on the successive nights, but no one has yet been arrested.

A probe has been opened into attempted murder by a criminal gang, he added.

Rebsamen said the police reinforcements were arriving after he spoke by telephone with Interior Minister Christophe Castaner.

Thirty-seven anti-riot police members came on Sunday, while 110 additional gendarmes would be deployed from Monday, he said.

Chechnya is a predominantly Muslim Russian republic in the North Caucasus. Two wars in the 1990s triggered a wave of emigration, with many Chechens heading for western Europe.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020...rest-blamed-on-score-settling-chechens-a70576

 

[Vergennes]

Interesting there's no media coverage when two communities are literally on the brink of slaughtering each others and neighborhoods of the city turned into literal warzones.... Those who have insulted the police are the first ones saying "where's the police"....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1272570662394224642

https://twitter.com/x/status/1272549648343928832

 

[Dalit]

The racist French police is getting a taste of its own medicine.

 

[T-123456]

French police said Monday that dozens of reinforcements were being sent to the eastern city of Dijon after it was rocked by a weekend of unrest blamed on Chechens seeking vengeance for an assault on a teenager.

Police sources said the unrest was sparked by an attack on a 16-year-old member of the Chechen community on June 10.



Members of the Chechen diaspora then set out on so-called punishment raids seeking to avenge the assault, they said.

"What happened is unprecedented and unacceptable," the city's mayor, Francois Rebsamen, told AFP.

The crowd carried out three raids on three successive nights starting Friday, with many people wielding baseball bats.

The local prefect Bernard Schmeltz — the top state official in the region — said in a statement that the violence "appeared to be part of a settling of scores between members of the Chechen community in France and residents" of Dijon.

Police said that in one incident some 50 Chechens entered the restive district of Gresilles overnight Saturday, and a man who owns a pizzeria was badly wounded by apparent gunfire.

Even more people, around 200, also entered Gresilles late on Sunday with violent intent.

In an interview with local daily Le Bien Public, a man claiming to be a Chechen said the raids aimed to avenge an assault by local dealers on the 16-year-old.

"There were about a hundred of us from all over France but also from Belgium and Germany. We never intended to ransack the city or take it out on the people," said the man, who was not identified by name.

Dijon prosecutor Eric Mathais said a total of six people had been injured in the three incidents on the successive nights, but no one has yet been arrested.

A probe has been opened into attempted murder by a criminal gang, he added.

Rebsamen said the police reinforcements were arriving after he spoke by telephone with Interior Minister Christophe Castaner.

Thirty-seven anti-riot police members came on Sunday, while 110 additional gendarmes would be deployed from Monday, he said.

Chechnya is a predominantly Muslim Russian republic in the North Caucasus. Two wars in the 1990s triggered a wave of emigration, with many Chechens heading for western Europe.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020...rest-blamed-on-score-settling-chechens-a70576

Wow,i guess the African(north and black) gangs are cautious now?
Do you know who hit the teenager?

 

[Yankee-stani]

Oh boy you dont mess with Chechens or folks from the Caucassus

 

[Vergennes]

Wow,i guess the African(north and black) gangs are cautious now?
Do you know who hit the teenager?

Things are still confuse but it seems a 16 year old chechen was "attacked" by dealers of north african origin in Dijon. Then hundreds of chechens from all over France but also other European countries such as Belgium and Germany came to Dijon to "avenge" that teenager. There were reports of brawls,shots fired,raids etc.

 

[Constantin84]

Lovely scenes

 

[Mucahit]

Things are still confuse but it seems a 16 year old chechen was "attacked" by dealers of north african origin in Dijon. Then hundreds of chechens from all over France but also other European countries such as Belgium and Germany came to Dijon to "avenge" that teenager. There were reports of brawls,shots fired,raids etc.

Who won though? I hope Chechens showed them their place.

 

[Baybars Han]

Seems a few jackals attacked an innocent boy. Chechens will ravage those street thugs. They resisted russians for centuries, brave people.

 

[ÇölKaplanı]

 

[Vergennes]

The Police Nationale's RAID (special forces) has been deployed to the town. The situation became calm now.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1272688929976848384

https://twitter.com/x/status/1272704881204355072

 

[Nein]

They said diversity is our strength.

French police should shoot to kill on both of those gangs.

 

[vostok]

They are not gangsters, not terrorists they are freedom fighters. You praised them so much in 90's!

 

[Ansu fati]

Dijon also known as federation of arabistan and chechenistan
Diversity and demo(n)cracy are flourishing hehe

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

Respect to Chechens from Pakistan