It was classmates who reported the facts to law enforcement.
Worried and scared by the behavior of a boy in their college.
On December 9, a 13-year-old boy was taken into custody at the premises of the judicial police in Évry (Essonne).
Since September, he has been making comments assimilated to terrorist propaganda, in particular on social networks.
According to information from Actu 17, confirmed by the Évry public prosecutor's office contacted by telephone on Wednesday, the schoolboy is being prosecuted for "public apology for an act of terrorism committed by means of an online public communication service".
According to our information, the student is educated at the Olivier-de-Serres establishment in Viry-Chatillon.
On the other hand, he would not live in the commune.
A court hearing scheduled for January
“The teenager would have invited classmates to watch, via social networks, videos of members of the Islamic State as well as advertisements bearing their effigy”, details the prosecution.
According to another source familiar with the matter, he also encouraged college students "to go to Syria" and "not to be disbelievers" in particular.
The mis en cause was presented on December 11 before the children's judge.
Placed under judicial control, he will have to follow educational measures.
And will be followed by an educator until the day of the hearing, scheduled for January 18.
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Last November, it was a teacher from the Chantemerle college in Corbeil-Essonnes (Essonne) who filed a complaint following a wave of threats received through the social network TikTok.
Some former students of the establishment accused this history teacher of blasphemy and had made the apology of terrorism, referring to the assassination of Samuel Paty.
Raising fears of a passage to the act, the teacher had been placed under police protection.
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