After a first teenager on Thursday, December 19, a second minor was indicted on Sunday, December 22, 2024 for murder and then imprisoned in the investigation into the death, on Tuesday, of a high school student during a brawl in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, Agence France Presse learned on Sunday from a judicial source. Born in 2008, the teenager is suspected, according to The Parisian, who revealed the information, of having been the bearer of the knife.
Five other teenagers, all born in 2008 or 2009, were also indicted this Sunday for participation in a group with the aim of committing violence against people, and placed under judicial supervision, the judicial source confirmed.
According to the daily, they are close to the victim, aged 16.
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The second teenager to be imprisoned in the case
Thursday evening, another 16-year-old teenager, attending the Rodin high school in the 13th arrondissement, near which the fatal attack took place, had already been indicted for murder and imprisoned.
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
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The brawl arose from the rivalry between the Glacière district and that of Admiral Mouchez.
The fight broke out near a high school
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 before dying in hospital.
A resident of Ivry (Val-de-Marne), a department bordering the 13th arrondissement, the victim attended a vocational high school in Alfortville, in the same department.
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.
“A phenomenon of recurring brawls between young people”
According to the same source, the death of the teenager is part of the continuity of a phenomenon of recurring brawls between young people in the 13th arrondissement sector, where eight clashes have been observed since May 2024
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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.
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