a 14-year-old boy killed and a 16-year-old suspect in police custody; two BFM-TV journalists attacked during a duplex in the city

A 14-year-old teenager was killed in Evreux on Friday evening by a 16-year-old boy who was taken into police custody, according to information sent by the public prosecutor to Agence France-Presse (AFP), Saturday January 11.

Early Friday evening, an altercation broke out between two minors in the sensitive Madeleine district “for a reason still unknown”told AFP the public prosecutor of Evreux, Rémi Coutin.

“One of the two minors, aged 16, apparently suffered at least one stab wound to the chest of the other minor, aged 14, who died very quickly”specified the magistrate. The victim was reportedly taken by his own family to the hospital, where he died “was immediately noted”according to Mr. Coutin. “ The alleged perpetrator was very quickly arrested and taken into custody by the Evreux police.he added. Police custody should be extended until Sunday and a judicial investigation will be opened. A flagrant investigation into the murder of a minor under the age of 15 is underway, he added.

The prosecutor remained cautious about the origin of the altercation between the two defendants. A press conference will be organized at the Evreux court on Monday. According to the city’s mayor, Guy Lefrand, contacted by AFP, “according to the first elements of the investigation, a romantic quarrel would be at the origin of the facts”.

On Saturday, two journalists from the BFM-TV television channel, present in Evreux, “were injured and taken to the emergency room” after having “was attacked during a duplex”according to a press release released by the editorial staff in the afternoon. “The RMC BFM group will take appropriate legal action”writes the string in the same text.