Colony Ariège: death of a child remains a mystery after tests

Francois AUSSEILL | AFP -

The first analysis of water from a place where 8-year-old, who died on July 9 in the Pyrenees revealed the presence of bacteria was "not highly pathogenic", and not acute intestinal infection, had to explain captured.

After the death of Abdelrazak, two days after his arrival at Camp ASCOU (Ariège) 38 other children in Villeneuve-le-Roi (Val-de-Marne), ordered the government? The analysis of food in the colony, as well as tap water for the holidays.

"Today is the reading of the results, there is nothing to confirm that? Cottage water and meals during their stay in? Child Colony death," said on Wednesday the Ministry of Health.

The water in the beginning of July, not suitable as a holiday center for regional health authority issued restricting people at risk. 140 children in a cottage on the water.

"The initial results of these analyzes confirm the presence of bacteria? De distribution of water in the cockpit," said the ministry. However, "the bacteria in very small quantities? Moment the water is not highly pathogenic found."

These results should be confirmed in the coming days or refused further analysis.

- "I do nothing" -

Also Abdelrazak several other children, as well as head of the gastrointestinal diseases, but less severe. "This is a result that is nothing," said Guillaume Bardon, Abdelrazak family counselor.

"The water was removed (in this analysis) is water, there is a modern recording," he said, essentially saying that the measures taken the house to clean water can be enforced on July 7, the day of the alleged taking Abdelrazak and 9 or 10, wherein the selection.

In Villeneuve-le-Roi, the first results was with a certain skepticism, parents expressed their impatience.

Because when you water, water and food to do, I do not know, my son was gone when I came back in great shape and was very sick, "AFP Farid Khider father, 12-year-old who fell, he said in the night of August 7 ill.

The final results of this analysis is the epidemiological investigation and "connect people who wanted to develop the symptoms of the colony also go," the ministry said.

The fact qu'Abdelrazak ill immediately after his arrival from several sources led to the emergence of the infection was not aware that his stay in Ariege.

- Investigation Countdown "-

Only the results of the pathological examinations checked prosecutor ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of the infection in Foix. These results will not be known until the beginning of July 31.

"I have done the research down," he told AFP the prosecutor Olivier Caracotch.

"The autopsy said he died of an infection now I wonder, what is the origin of this infection then I wonder where they came from originally." Has added.

A total of 140 children in four different cities in the house at the time. Abdelrazak, 8 years old, came with his band on July 7 by 10 clock. The next morning, the 8th, complained of stomach pains and vomiting, proceed according to the elements of Mr. Guillaume Bardon.

Then I was led to severe diarrhea. Transported to hospital the morning of the 9th Val d'Ariege, near Foix, about fifty miles from the center of the city, died a few hours.

The charm of his family for "negligent homicide and failure to help a person in danger." The second family, also filed Tuesday.

This morning, 200 people participated in the Orly (Val-de-Marne) funeral prayer in the mosque Abdelrazak, whose funeral will be held Thursday Sétif (Algeria).