Two days after the death of young Shamseddine, beaten as he left his college, a violent attack involving several young individuals broke out on Sunday April 7 in this town in Essonne,
Le Figaro
learned from a police source. The two cases are nevertheless distinct.
Sunday, around 4:30 p.m., a group of friends met in front of the Félix Esclangon college in Viry-Châtillon before heading towards the municipal ice rink. On the way, a vehicle begins to follow the small group. Several individuals emerge, including one with a knife and another with a crutch.
Beaten with fists and crutches
A 15-year-old young man, Amine*, appears to be targeted by the attackers. The teenager tries to flee but ends up being caught by at least three individuals who beat him with fists and crutches.
“The crutch broke into pieces under the violence of the blows
,” indicates a source close to the case to Le
Figaro
.
The victim managed to escape and call his mother before being caught and then hit again in the parking lot of the Viry-Châtillon ice rink. The arrival of the victim's mother, who is a police officer, put the group on the run.
Unconscious and injured, the minor was transported to Longjumeau hospital (Essonne) without a life-threatening condition. According to our information, the young man had received threatening messages during the week. Was it a punitive expedition? It's still too early to tell. Half a dozen witnesses were interviewed.
“A blatant investigation into intentional violence with a weapon in a meeting and with premeditation leading to an ITT of more than 8 days has been opened
,” indicates to
Figaro
Grégoire Dulin, the public prosecutor of Évry.
*The first name has been changed.