The following report has more details on the historic peace agreement between the Chechens and the North Africans of Dijon, which was arrived at after intense negotiations by imams at a mosque in Quétigny.
Many thanks to MissPiggy for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:
Video transcript:
| 00:00 | It was here, under this tent, that the decision was made to end the fighting. | |
| 00:05 | Around 10:30 p.m. last night, after four days of high tension, representatives | |
| 00:10 | from the Chechen and North African communities met at this mosque in Quétigny near Dijon. | |
| 00:15 | Imam Mohamed Ateb welcomes these discussions. | |
| 00:19 | We said to them that this isn’t a community matter, and is not connected to, | |
| 00:27 | not aimed at a particular community, and that the incident itself involves ten of their children. | |
| 00:33 | The problem has been resolved and they are calling for peace. | |
| 00:37 | This imam is not the only one calling for calm. The starting point for these tensions is said | |
| 00:42 | to have been the attack on a young Chechen last week. His father wants reconciliation too. | |
| 00:47 | We came to France for our safety and to live in a normal country. | |
| 00:53 | In peace, in calm, but no war. No nothing. | |
| 00:59 | But will they be listened to? Will we see those scenes return that were here | |
| 01:04 | in downtown Dijon or there in the Grésillés neighborhood? | |
| 01:10 | Tonight, in any case, there were no incidents. No burning cars, no clashes, | |
| 01:16 | and a strong police presence. For this police union leader | |
| 01:20 | the situation is under control , but he wants | |
| 01:23 | to remain cautious. —We have no crystal ball. We are making sure that it stops | |
| 01:27 | and that it calms down quickly. Quickly doing what needs to be done so that the situation stops | |
| 01:31 | and returns to normal; we are using all the means at our disposal. On the other hand, | |
| 01:35 | to tell you that it won’t happen again is an affirmation that I can’t make, that’s all we want. | |
| 01:39 | In the Grésillés district this morning, calm has returned. Following the events | |
| 01:43 | of the last few days, the investigations are continuing. | |
| 01:46 | Four people have been questioned by investigators. |