After the death of a 16-year-old teenager on Tuesday, December 17, in front of the Rodin high school, located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, a second person was indicted for murder and placed in pre-trial detention.
A drama between around ten young people on Tuesday December 17. One of the teenagers died from his injuries. Born in October 2008, the young man was killed by a knife during the fight which took place near the Rodin high school, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. According to franceinfoa second 16-year-old teenager was indicted for murder and placed in pre-trial detention. Another 16-year-old teenager had already been indicted and imprisoned for murder on Thursday, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.
Five other adolescents, “born in 2008 or 2009”, were also indicted “on the charge of participation in a group formed with a view to preparing violence against people and placed under judicial supervision”, added the judicial source to the media. The investigation, initially opened for “murder” was reclassified as “premeditated murder”. Indeed, it now concerns “the suspicion of an assassination”.
What happened in front of the Rodin high school in Paris?
The brawl happened early in the morning of Tuesday, December 17. While the prosecution was alerted to the facts at 8:30 a.m., the injured teenager was initially found in cardio-respiratory arrest in front of the school, with head injuries. Near him, a knife. Despite the intervention of the emergency services, “his death was noted at 9:15 a.m. “This murder is a continuation of a phenomenon of recurring brawls between young people in the 13th arrondissement sector, where eight clashes have been recorded since the month of May 2024”, indicated the prosecutor.
The victim educated in Val-de-Marne
Resident in Ivry-sur-Seine, the killed teenager was not educated at the Rodin high school, but in a vocational high school in Alfortville, in Val-de-Marne. We also know that the young man had been injured the previous week, already with a stab, in another fight this time not far from the René Cassin high school, in the 16th arrondissement of the capital. This time the victim was injured in the thigh during an altercation in front of the René Cassin professional high school in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. She was found with another boy near the Garigliano bridge tram stop. An investigation was opened for “intentional violence in a meeting near a school”, and the injured teenager was to be heard two days later by the police.