The 15-year-old boy beaten in Viry-Châtillon (Essonne) on Thursday died this Friday, April 5. An investigation was opened and entrusted to the Essonne judicial police.
The 15-year-old boy beaten up in Viry-Châtillon on Thursday April 4, 2024 near his school is dead. He succumbed to his injuries this Friday, April 5, announced the prosecution. An investigation into murder and violence in meetings near a school has been opened. “Emergency surgery last night, the victim died today early in the afternoon,” the press release said. In the coming hours, an autopsy of the body will be carried out.
The investigation entrusted to the Essonne judicial police
So far, no arrests have taken place. The investigation was entrusted to the Essonne judicial police and will have to determine the exact circumstances of the attack according to the public prosecutor. “Nothing says that it is an inter-district brawl” explained on Thursday evening, the prefect of Essonne at the microphone of BFMTV. For her, “the motive is not clear at all”.
Thursday, around 4:30 p.m., the teenager left Sablons college to return home on foot. A group of young people with their faces masked by balaclavas attacked the young man. His attackers lynched him with kicks and punches before fleeing. The 3rd grade student was left for dead on the ground and was injured along the body and in the head. He was found shortly after by a passer-by, who called emergency services.
“They beat him, they massacred him”
The attackers have not been found. The teenager was not known to the courts. According to the public prosecutor, the first elements lean towards premeditation. Present at the scene of the attack, the mayor of Viry-Châtillon, Jean-Marie Vilain, said he was “upset by this ultraviolence” this Thursday. “He was attacked by three or four people who beat him, who massacred him. It’s something scandalous,” he added on BFMTV. A psychological unit, made up of psychologists, a doctor and a school nurse, was set up for this Friday, April 5, to hear from college students.