• Gérald Darmanin traveled this Monday to Roubaix, to pay tribute to the three policemen, who died in a road accident Sunday morning in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, in the North. Questioned as he left the police station where the three young police officers worked, the Minister of the Interior said that "there had been no fault committed by the police".
  • "This story saddens me, these police officers were the age of my grandchildren... it's really too young," said an elderly couple in front of the police station who came to pay tribute to the three young police officers of Roubaix.
  • A tribute will be paid at the end of the week in all police stations in France.

"Too young to die," said Gérald Darmanin. The Minister of the Interior went on Monday to the police station of Roubaix, in the North, to pay tribute to the three police officers who lost their lives Sunday morning in a road accident. Since then, the national police has been in mourning. Three police officers aged 24 and 25 died in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, near Lille, hit by another car while on mission. This tragedy provoked a wave of emotions among the inhabitants of Roubaix.

"We think strongly of the families of the victims"

Since Sunday morning, many bouquets have been placed against the wall of the entrance to the Roubaix police station. Children's drawings and candles were also added. This Monday morning, silent, people linger there. "It's amazing! Like what accidents can happen in any situation, "says a resident of Roubaix.


At around 11 a.m., the Minister of the Interior arrived at the police station. While Gérald Darmanin talks inside the police station with the police, some residents continue to pay tribute to the three disappeared. "We are in shock, we think strongly of the families of the victims, but what to do besides pay tribute to them?" asks one woman. Coming alone, she laid a bouquet of red roses alongside the other flowers. An elderly couple stops in turn: "This story saddens me, these policemen were the age of my grandchildren ... It's really too young. »

"No fault committed by the police"

Questioned by the press as he left the police station, Gérald Darmanin said that "there had been no fault committed by the police". The minister added that he was thinking of the three young police officers, but also of "this pregnant woman who will not be able to present her future child to her father" or "this child who will be a year old and who will not know his father".

The Minister of the Interior said that a tribute would be paid at the end of the week in all police stations in France. Before leaving, he wanted to greet and encourage the mother of one of the three policemen who had just collapsed right in front of him.

  • Miscellaneous facts Lille
  • Hauts-de-France
  • North
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais
  • Villeneuve d'ascq
  • Road accident
  • Police
  • Road
  • Gerald Darmanin
  • Lille
  • Homage