A trial. A 15-year-old homosexual teenager was kidnapped and then beaten for more than an hour and a half on April 4 in Grenoble,
Le Figaro
learned from a police source, confirming information from
Valeurs Actuelles
. Five individuals were arrested on Wednesday.
On April 4, the victim was driving on the public highway, in the town of Isère, when several individuals arrived to kidnap him. The young teenager was then taken to a cellar, where he was held captive for more than an hour and a half. After being humiliated by homophobic insults, then beaten with an iron bar, his attackers took his phone, then extracted pornographic videos to distribute them on social networks.
Cousin of the victim
An investigation was opened by the judicial police shortly after the incident. It culminated in an operation on Wednesday, where five minors were identified and arrested. One of them would be one of the victim's cousins,
“hostile”
to her sexual orientation.
Four of the suspects were released under judicial supervision this Friday, according to our colleagues. The fifth individual was presented to a magistrate for summons by report.