A 15-year-old teenager was indicted for
"attempted murder"
after an altercation near a high school in Hyères (Var) where another young man was injured with several stab wounds, the Toulon prosecutor's office announced on Friday. .
"He was indicted on the count of attempted murder and placed in pre-trial detention
," said the public prosecutor of Toulon, Samuel Finielz.
On Tuesday morning, a 16-year-old was seriously injured with several stab wounds by another teenager.
During a
“physical altercation”
between the two minors,
“one of them used a knife and struck several blows”
at the other, explained the prosecution.
The victim, first hospitalized in serious condition and whose vital prognosis was engaged, is now
"out of danger"
, said the prosecutor.
“A dispute over money”
The alleged attacker was arrested and taken into custody for attempted homicide on Tuesday.
He admitted
"having struck the victim with a bladed weapon, as part of a physical altercation"
arising from
"a dispute over money"
, explained Samuel Finielz.
According to a police source, the 15-year-old had been arrested by the police inside the school itself, the professional high school Golf Hotel.