The teenager beaten in Viry-Châtillon, in Essonne, has died. He was attacked Thursday evening by a gang of young people as he was returning home.
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.
A minor in police custody
A 17-year-old teenager was arrested and placed in police custody on Friday April 5, the Evry prosecutor’s office announced in a press release. 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.
“An absolute drama”
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. Emotions run high in the announcement after the announcement of the death of the 15-year-old. In tears, the mayor of the town spoke to the press in the afternoon. “It’s an absolute tragedy, the teachers are on the floor, his friends too, and us too,” declared Jean-Marie Vilain.
The Minister of National Education Nicole Belloubet said she was “deeply upset”. “My thoughts go first to his family. To the educational community, then, whose infinite sadness I was able to measure. At their side to reaffirm that we will never accept the horror of violence,” said she writes on X (formerly Twitter).
A little earlier, government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot denounced a “barbaric crime”. “He could be our brother, our son, our comrade. Faced with this barbaric crime and violence, our society will not give in. The perpetrators will be found and punished,” she said on X.