A minor was indicted for murder and imprisoned this Thursday evening, according to the prosecution. A fight between around ten young people broke out on Tuesday, a 16-year-old teenager died.
A 16-year-old teenager was indicted for murder and placed in pre-trial detention this Thursday, December 19, two days after the death of a minor of the same age during a brawl in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, the prosecutor’s office said. .
Educated at the Lycée Rodin, an establishment in the 13th arrondissement near which the fatal attack took place, he was arrested on the spot on Tuesday while the other protagonists in the brawl had fled.
“The judicial investigation is also open against added the prosecution.
According to previous explanations from the prosecution, “he and the victim, with other young people yet to be identified, clearly maintained a relationship of animosity punctuated by recourse to violence in different places in Paris”.
A fight between two gangs
The brawl arose from the rivalry between the Glacière district and that of Admiral Mouchez. Tuesday morning, before the start of classes, a fight broke out near the Rodin middle and high school. In cardio-respiratory arrest and with head injuries, the minor was treated by emergency services but died in hospital.
A resident of Ivry in Val-de-Marne, a department bordering the 13th arrondissement, the victim was aged 16 and attended a vocational high school in Alfortville.
He had already been injured by a stab on December 10 near the René Cassin high school (16th arrondissement), facts which are the subject of an investigation, the prosecution indicated.
According to the same source, the death of the teenager “is part of the continuation of a phenomenon of recurring brawls between young people in the 13th arrondissement sector, where eight clashes have been noted since May 2024”.
Between 2022 and 2023, gang phenomena increased by 10% in the Paris metropolitan area, reaching 413 incidents compared to 375, according to information communicated by the police headquarters. There were four deaths in 2023 compared to three in 2022. The number of injuries increased by 26% and the use of a weapon (of any kind) increased by 22.5% between 2022 and 2023.
