Clichy affair

The Clichy affair centers on a modest apartment building on the Rue Pierre-Bérégovoy, where a police operation in two thousand five ended in the tragic deaths of two teenagers, Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré. They sought refuge in an electrical substation to escape pursuit, triggering widespread unrest that rippled across France for weeks. This building stands as the site where that fatal chase reached its conclusion. The trial of the two police officers involved concluded years later with their acquittal, leaving deep wounds.