A 15-year-old teenager and his 37-year-old mother were presented to a judge on Monday afternoon After the stabbing murder of a teenager on Saturday evening in Châteauroux, at a time when the debate on the violence of part of youth is in full swing.
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In police custody since Saturday evening, the minor and his mother “will both be presented before an investigating judge from the criminal division” for “intentional homicide”, announced the public prosecutor in Châteauroux, Agnès Auboin, in a press release sent Monday afternoon.
The brawl, which occurred on Saturday around 6:00 p.m. on the public highway of Châteauroux, a peaceful town of some 43,000 inhabitants, led to the death of the teenager a few hours later in hospital.
If the young person is suspected of being involved in the stabbing death of Matisse, also 15 years old, his mother, with no criminal record, is suspected of “being involved in acts of violence”, according to the prosecutor.
The fact that the minor is of “Afghan origin” according to a close Source who did not give further details on his nationality, led several figures from the right and the extreme right to denounce the “migratory policy” of the government.
Matisse’s father: “Let’s not mix everything up”
Speaking to RTL, Matisse’s father, Christophe Marchais, warns: “Let’s not mix everything up. Pay attention to all the parties on the right or elsewhere who appropriate this type of thing.
“The context of the facts is not clearly established to date,” insists Ms. Auboin. However, according to a Source close to the investigation interviewed by AFP, this “has nothing to do with Islamism, there is no religious character”.
The various right-wing mayor of the town, Gil Avérous, told the press that “this family is legally in our territory” and was subject to “social monitoring”.
“Ultraviolence” of young people
The brawl occurred in the “Saint-Denis district, it is a classic residential area. There are a few blocks of buildings, but it is not a district which is classified as a priority policy,” underlined the mayor of the city during a press conference, who lives there himself.
On Monday, residents and relatives placed white roses at the street corner where Matisse was taken care of by the emergency services, and flowers were placed in front of the victim’s father’s restaurant, noted a correspondent from the AFP.
“It’s nice, it shows us that many people support us and loved +Matou+, Matisse,” breathes Christophe Marchais, while picking up the white roses left in front of his home.
The mayor was also moved by the fact that the minor suspect had been arrested “twice” in recent weeks, “and a few days later, the same young person found himself in the street with a knife”.
The teenager, who has “never been convicted by the courts”, was the subject of two criminal proceedings, including one for acts of aggravated theft with violence, the prosecutor said on Sunday.
He had been indicted “for acts of a criminal nature” and placed under judicial supervision by an investigating judge on April 22, “the only security measure provided for by the code of Criminal Justice for minors given his age, without conviction “previous”.
“The investigation to date has not established a link with the criminal procedure which gave rise to the placement under judicial supervision and the facts of Saturday’s homicide,” underlined the prosecutor.
Wilding
Matisse’s death comes after several incidents of violence between young people, such as the fatal beating of 15-year-old Shemseddine in Viry-Châtillon.
“The two protagonists, perpetrator and victim, are 15 years old. For me, this is proof of the wildness, of the ultra-violence that our society is experiencing among minors,” said Mr. Avérous.
After calling for “general mobilization”, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal began his consultations with political groups on Monday around his proposals intended to stem the violence of part of the youth.
