NEW DELHI: A teenage schoolboy died on Friday after he was badly beaten near his school in a town south of Paris as President Emmanuel Macron warned schools should be protected from “uninhibited violence” among some youths.
The 15-year-old boy suffered cardiorespiratory arrest after he was attacked by three people wearing balaclavas on Thursday, according to a police source, leading to his death the following day.
Thursday’s attack comes at a time of heightened tensions in French schools.
Jean-Marie Vilain, the mayor of Viry-Chatillon, said the boy was walking home after a music class when he was set upon by “the worst kind of thugs”. “This extreme violence is becoming commonplace,” he added. Government spokeswoman Prisca Thevenot denounced what she called a “barbaric crime.”
Till now five people, including a 17-year-old, and 20 year old, linked to the attack have been arrested.
An anonymous student said that the schoolboy, identified as Shamseddine, “got on well with everyone.”
This was the second assault this week. Earlier a teen girl was left temporarily comatose after being attacked outside her school in the southern city of Montpellier on Tuesday. The victim, identified as Samara, was allegedly attacked by three people.
The police had already arrested three people including a 14-year-old girl from the same school in the city’s low-income area of La Mosson-La Paillade, and two boys.
“Each of them admits to having hit the victim,” prosecutor Fabrice Belargent said on Friday, adding the oldest of the three would remain in temporary detention. The 13 year old victim was attacked because Samara posted a picture of the attacker with an insult on social media, according to fellow student.
Looking at the growing number of physical assault cases in the country, President macron said, “We have a form of uninhibited violence among our teenagers and sometimes among increasingly younger ones.”
“Schools need to be shielded from this,” he said, adding they should “remain a sanctuary for our children, for their families, for our teachers… We will be intransigent against all forms of violence,” he added.
(With inputs from agency)
The 15-year-old boy suffered cardiorespiratory arrest after he was attacked by three people wearing balaclavas on Thursday, according to a police source, leading to his death the following day.
Thursday’s attack comes at a time of heightened tensions in French schools.
Jean-Marie Vilain, the mayor of Viry-Chatillon, said the boy was walking home after a music class when he was set upon by “the worst kind of thugs”. “This extreme violence is becoming commonplace,” he added. Government spokeswoman Prisca Thevenot denounced what she called a “barbaric crime.”
Till now five people, including a 17-year-old, and 20 year old, linked to the attack have been arrested.
An anonymous student said that the schoolboy, identified as Shamseddine, “got on well with everyone.”
This was the second assault this week. Earlier a teen girl was left temporarily comatose after being attacked outside her school in the southern city of Montpellier on Tuesday. The victim, identified as Samara, was allegedly attacked by three people.
The police had already arrested three people including a 14-year-old girl from the same school in the city’s low-income area of La Mosson-La Paillade, and two boys.
“Each of them admits to having hit the victim,” prosecutor Fabrice Belargent said on Friday, adding the oldest of the three would remain in temporary detention. The 13 year old victim was attacked because Samara posted a picture of the attacker with an insult on social media, according to fellow student.
Looking at the growing number of physical assault cases in the country, President macron said, “We have a form of uninhibited violence among our teenagers and sometimes among increasingly younger ones.”
“Schools need to be shielded from this,” he said, adding they should “remain a sanctuary for our children, for their families, for our teachers… We will be intransigent against all forms of violence,” he added.
(With inputs from agency)