A 15-year-old teenager was indicted on the evening of Monday April 29 for “murder” and imprisoned. His mother was indicted for “willful violence” against a “vulnerable person” and was placed under judicial supervision.
The main suspect in the murder of Matisse in Châteauroux, a 15-year-old teenager, was indicted for “murder” and imprisoned. His mother, aged 37, was indicted for “intentional violence” against a “vulnerable person”, for having “slapped the victim”.
The minor and his mother are both of Afghan nationality and legally resident on French soil, according to the public prosecutor in Bourges, Céline Visiedo.
Matisse and the suspect “knew each other and had insulted each other before” the fatal brawl that occurred on Saturday April 27, around 5:30 p.m., near the Saint-Denis district, in Châteauroux, a peaceful town of some 43,000 inhabitants, according to the magistrate.
No convictions on his criminal record
According to the suspect, during this confrontation, Matisse punched him. “Taken by anger”, the suspect returned home to take “a knife blade” and allegedly stabbed the victim “several times before fleeing”, according to the same Source.
“The minor’s mother, who was following him, in turn slapped the victim,” the prosecutor underlined.
The suspect, who had no convictions on his criminal record, had however just been indicted on April 22 for “violent theft in a meeting” by the Châteauroux investigating judge. He was placed under judicial supervision as part of this procedure.
Call for calm
The fact that the minor is of Afghan nationality has led several figures from the right and the far right to denounce the government’s “migratory policy”.
At the microphone of RTL, Matisse’s father, Christophe Marchais, warned: “Let’s not mix everything up. Be careful of all the right-wing sides or elsewhere who appropriate this kind of thing.”
The prefect of Indre, Thibault Lanxade, called “everyone for calm and dignity”, according to a press release from the prefecture, specifying that “the personnel of the Châteauroux police remain widely deployed (…) to ensure the calm.”
The Saint-Denis district is “a classic residential district”, which is not “classified as a priority policy”, underlined Mayor Gil Avérous.
premium In Châteauroux, the shock after the death of Matisse
With AFP
