Marseille: a 15-year-old teenager referred for an attack with a flaming spray
A minor was referred for indictment for “act of barbarity” after burning the face of a passerby on the sidelines of high school demonstrations.
Quick Look
- A 15-year-old teenager was referred to Marseille for burning the face of a 40-year-old care worker with a flaming spray.
- The attack took place Thursday near Colbert high school during high school demonstrations.
- The suspect expressed regret.
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Why It Matters
The attack occurred during high school demonstrations near the Colbert high school in Marseille. The victim tried to intervene while a group of young people tried to damage a bus shelter.
The attacker is said to be 15 and a half years old. Suspected of having released a flaming spray on the face of a passerby in Marseille, on the sidelines of high school demonstrations, he was referred on Sunday for indictment for “act of barbarity”, announced the prosecution.
A video of the attack, which took place Thursday morning in a square in Marseille, circulated on social networks. It shows the 40-year-old woman, a care worker, intervening when a group tries to smash a bus shelter “in a context of demonstrations around the Colbert high school”, indicates the prosecution.
Face masked, the minor then advances towards the woman and projects “a spray towards her face which he ignited using a lighter”, according to the source.
Placed in pre-trial detention
The prosecution specifies that the teenager is a student at Colbert high school, “in the second personal assistance service”, and recalls that he was unknown to the police and justice services. Placed in police custody on Friday evening, he “immediately recognized the facts and, upon understanding the significance, expressed deep regret”. This Sunday, he was “referred for indictment by an investigating judge on charges of barbaric acts,” adds the prosecution, which requested his placement in pre-trial detention.
Questioned by BFMTV, the victim, treated for facial burns, said he tried to dissuade a group of young girls who wanted to smash the bus shelter. “I told them: ‘But what are you doing, you’re not going to break anything at all, go demonstrate’,” she said in an interview broadcast on Saturday evening. “I didn’t expect such violence,” she testified. “Seeing a kid you don’t know, with whom you spoke normally, deliberately aiming at your face… He didn’t aim at the clothes, he didn’t aim at the legs. He aimed at my face. For what ? ".
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Indictment of the suspect by the investigating judge.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- What will be the final decision of the investigating judge regarding detention?
- Are there any other suspects involved in the attempted robbery?
