Police said three men wearing balaclavas attacked Shemseddin as he left school. (representative)
Evry, France:
Two brothers and two other young men have been charged with murder in the death of a 15-year-old boy, sparking fears of violence in French schools.
Evry prosecutor Gregoire Dulin said two of the defendants – a 20-year-old and a minor – were jailed, while the other two minors were convicted of He was remanded in pretrial custody for assaulting 15-year-old Shem Saidin while leaving school. in a news release issued early Monday following an overnight hearing.
“The whole country is in mourning,” Education Minister Nicole Belloubet said in a post on social media platform The attack came in the town of Viry-Chatillon, a town about 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Viry-Chatillon. Paris.
Prosecutor Dulin said in an earlier statement that he was beaten by a group including two brothers during a dispute with his sister over “sexually related topics.”
“Fearing for her reputation and that of her family, they ordered several boys to have no contact with her. They (brothers) later learned that the victim boasted of being able to talk freely with their sister,” he said.
Police said three men wearing balaclavas attacked Chemsetdine as he left his school in Viry-Chatillon.
He died from his injuries on Friday. Police later detained five suspects, including three 17-year-olds, a 15-year-old and a 20-year-old.
The 15-year-old is the only suspect prosecutors do not want detained.
It was the second attack in the past week, after a 13-year-old girl was attacked outside her school in the southern city of Montpellier on Tuesday, leaving her temporarily comatose.
The two incidents come as tensions rise around French schools, with dozens of educational institutions under threat of attack.
President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday before the teen’s death: “There is an unchecked violence among our teenagers, sometimes even in younger and younger teenagers. .”
“Schools need to be protected from this,” he said, adding that schools should “continue to be a refuge for our children, their families and our teachers.”
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