Two teenagers aged 13 and 14 were placed on Tuesday, January 25 under judicial supervision for having fired, "
for fun
", with a rifle at vehicles traveling near Cap d'Agde (Hérault), injuring a driver, said the prosecution. from Beziers.
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"
In accordance with the requisitions of the prosecution, which decided to prosecute them for damage to the property of others by dangerous means (...) and voluntary violence with a weapon, the two minors were presented in the afternoon to a judge children, who placed them under judicial supervision and who will rule on their guilt on March 10, 2022
, ”explained in a press release the prosecutor of Béziers, Raphaël Balland.
Until then, they are notably prohibited from leaving their homes between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and the obligation to respond to summonses from youth judicial protection educators.
Last Saturday, firefighters and police officers from Agde rescued a 26-year-old man in the evening who had just been shot in the buttocks while driving his vehicle with his partner on the passenger side and returning from a dinner with his parents.
Placed in police custody for “attempted murder”
The injured had been transported to the Montpellier University Hospital where a 22 long rifle projectile had been removed from him.
Friday evening, three other motorists traveling in the same area had already filed a complaint after noticing bullet holes on their vehicle.
Saturday evening, a young boy had been spotted by the anti-crime brigade (BAC) recovering shell casings on the roof of his house located in the surroundings.
Arrested on Sunday at his home, this 13-year-old schoolboy had been placed in police custody for "
attempted murder
", a charge ultimately not retained.
A 14-year-old friend of his was also arrested shortly after.
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While in police custody, the two teenagers told police they fired "
in the direction of many vehicles nearly a hundred times, first at the seagulls, then at the cars in traffic
", reports the prosecution. .
The 13-year-old teenager, who explained that he acted “
for fun
”, used the 22 long rifle belonging to his brother.
The weapon was "
equipped not only with a telescope but also with a silencer
", specified the prosecutor.
A total of 13 drivers, including the one injured on Saturday evening, filed a complaint.
