Four minors aged 13 and 14, all third year students, were brought before the juvenile judge and indicted after the violent assault on Monday in Reims of a 14-year-old girl filmed and broadcast on social networks, has t - we learned Thursday from a judicial source.
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The 13-year-old assailant is accused of aggravated voluntary violence.
This boy having "
already been the subject of several exclusions from his college for acts of violence and degradation
" incurs "
up to two and a half years of detention
", indicated the prosecutor of Reims Matthieu Bourrette during a press conference.
He said he had requested his placement in a closed educational center, educational monitoring and an obligation of training and care, given his "
worrying profile
".
The three other minors, a boy and two girls, are being prosecuted, one for recording the facts, the other two for broadcasting images.
Two of them are also indicted for non-assistance to a minor in danger.
"
I demanded against these three minors measures called prejudicial supervised liberty, criminal measures for educational and preventive purposes,
" said the prosecutor.
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The assault took place around 3:30 p.m. on Monday in front of the Saint-Rémi college, in the city center of Reims.
The teenager had "
punched her several times, knocking her to the ground several times, continued to hit her while she was on the ground, kicking her hard in the head while crushing her larynx
" .
The origin of this attack would come from an exchange on Snapchat for a "
futile
"
reason
where the victim had had words with another young girl.
"
The attacker had taken up the case for the young girl who had felt insulted
" explained the prosecutor.
The victim's medical certificate states "
several bruises, especially on the chin, on the arm, contractures, headaches
".
As for the "
psychological
" result of the assault, it will have to be reassessed later, "
suggesting a possible worsening of his ITT of seven days
", while the victim is still threatened with death on social networks.