After 48 hours in police custody in the premises of the departmental security of Essonne, the 22-year-old suspect arrested Tuesday in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois as part of the investigation into the death of Arthur, beaten in died on the night of July 15 to 16, was brought before an examining magistrate.
"He is indicted for murder and attempted murder in legal recidivism", confirms the public prosecutor, Caroline Nisand.
The night of the tragedy, around 1 am, Arthur, who was from Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, went to the rival district of Saint-Hubert in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois with a friend “in a goal of retaliation, ”said the prosecutor at the start of the investigation.
On a scooter and armed with a gun, the two young men were greeted by a group who beat them badly.
Seriously injured in the head, and after having cardiac arrest, Arthur died three days later in the hospital.
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His death takes place in a context of rivalry between two rap groups, 2.4 sector in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge and 700s in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois. For several months, the reciprocal dissemination of clips hostile to the opposing group has generated an outbreak of violence. Last May, a 15-year-old teenager was hit with a hammer in front of the Léonard-de-Vinci high school in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge. Out of the coma, he is still in rehabilitation. In this case, two teenagers were indicted for attempted murder.