Chechen community claims to defend itself against drug dealers. Authorities speak of "

" in the past few weeks there has been a surge in mobilization or punitive expeditions carried out by members of the Chechen community. "

" Presumably a young Chechen wanted to help Balkan friends (Serbs or Albanians, depending on the version) protect themselves from alleged drug dealers from the community of immigrants from the Maghreb countries. The punitive expedition lasted three evenings, especially in the Grezil region, known for its drug business, as a result of which 12 people were injured and the hookah was destroyed, the owner of which was accused of standing at the origins of the youth’s beating. As of Friday night, the police intervened and were forced to use tear gas. On Sunday in Dijon, a special police unit and an additional crime brigade were mobilized. Since Monday, 110 people have arrived from the mobile units of the security forces to restore order. In the evening, about 150 people, “natives of Dijon,” according to the prefect, some with their faces covered in hoods, armed with armatures and personal weapons, gathered again in the Grezil quarter to protect their surroundings from possible Chechen invasion. They set fire to garbage cans and a car, several people shot into the air, aiming at surveillance cameras. Around 20:30 pm, 60 people from mobile units intervened, 40 people from the police special forces and reinforcements from the anti-crime brigade, they put an end to the violence and carried out four arrests, "

\! I accuse certain media outlets of lying and transmitting a message of hate that read out fabrications: this is not about drug trafficking or a war between communities! Over the past three days, 8,000 [Grezilya] residents have survived hell "

“On Monday, French Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner expressed his support for local law enforcement in a communique. A police investigation has begun to determine the circumstances in which the violence occurred, "

" On April 30, in Troyes, about 50 people expelled three Chechens from a refugee center, as they fought against Africans accused of attacking a Caucasian child. In May, in Rouen, dozens of people were ready to confront the alleged kidnappers of a young man from the community who tried not to appear. For years, the police have been monitoring this intercommunal tension and mentioning the “territorial wars,” emphasizing the existence of Caucasian criminal groups, ”the publication said..

" Shamil Albakov, former chairman of the Association of Caucasians in Strasbourg, head of the press service of the Assembly of Chechens in Europe, explains that " But we felt abandoned by the police during quarantine. Whenever the next trade transaction was concluded, problems arose: we had to constantly live under the control of drug dealers. Chechens managed to repulse Russia, and we are not going to obey some scum.

“It is difficult for French law enforcement agencies and judges to heed such arguments,” summarizes Jean Chichizola.