A week after the events, the investigation into the death of Arthur, lynched to death on the night of Thursday July 15 to Friday July 16, took a leap forward.
Friday, a young man from Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne) was arrested by the departmental security services.
Suspected of having taken part in the lynching which cost the life of this 19-year-old inhabitant of Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, he was brought before the prosecution and placed in pre-trial detention.
A judicial investigation has been opened.
It aims, in particular, to identify all the people who took part in the deadly brawl.
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“He was not very cooperative, underlines the prosecutor of the Republic, Caroline Nisand.
But we are well within the framework of a rivalry between bands fueled by two rap groups, 700s in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois and 2.4 sector in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge.
The opening of a judicial investigation will make it possible to define what are the elements that triggered what is probably akin to a punitive expedition, then to the death of Arthur.
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Hundreds of people paid tribute to Arthur
Armed with a handgun, Arthur and a friend were on a scooter in the opposing district of Saint-Hubert when the fight broke out shortly after 1 a.m.
Seriously injured in the head, and after having a cardiac, the young man was taken to the hospital of Kremlin-Bicêtre (Val-de-Marne) with a vital prognosis engaged.
He died two days later.
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Last Wednesday, several hundred people dressed in white paid tribute to him in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge.
A long procession silently crossed several streets of the city.
"Never again," read the signs at the head of the march.