A body "resembling" that of Oliver, a 17-year-old man who has been missing for a week after a violent brawl on the banks of the Ourcq canal in Noisy-le-Sec, in Seine-Saint-Denis, was found Thursday afternoon, learned AFP from the parquet of Bobigny.
Four people arrested
"There is little doubt" on the identity of the body, said a source close to the investigation. The body "was not in the canal" which had been probed by the police, added this source, without further details. Four people were arrested in this case. Two were still in custody on Thursday for "attempted gang homicide, arrest, kidnapping or arbitrary detention of hostages and involvement in a criminal conspiracy to commit a crime," the source said. One was arrested on Wednesday as he was returning from Thailand, the second self-introduced himself to the police on Tuesday.
Calls for revenge on social networks
On Monday, two other suspects, aged 17, were indicted. One was placed in custody, the second released under judicial supervision. The teenager, originally from Sevran, was beaten during a fight on the banks of the canal in the night of November 6 to 7, for a reason whose cause is still unknown. Images of the attack were posted on Snapchat, according to Le Parisien . We see the victim, lying on the ground, his face bleeding. A male voice throws "break up, break in the water," according to the newspaper.
Since the disappearance of the teenager, calls for revenge have circulated on social networks. His mother had called for calm in the media, imploring her "return" her son "even if he died". The investigation is conducted by the judicial police of Seine-Saint-Denis.