Essonne: a schoolboy violently attacked after leaving class, his vital prognosis compromised

Europe 1 with AFP 06:33, April 5, 2024

A 15-year-old teenager was severely beaten by several people Thursday afternoon in Viry-Châtillon as he left his college and hospitalized with a life-threatening prognosis, the mayor of this town in Essonne denouncing an outburst of " ultraviolence. An investigation has been opened for attempted murder and violence in a meeting near a school, the Évry prosecutor's office told AFP, confirming information from the newspaper

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No arrests

According to a police source, the teenager was beaten while leaving the school by several people who then fled. He was found in a street "not far from his school", according to the prosecution. No arrests had taken place Thursday evening. The investigation, entrusted to the Essonne judicial police, should make it possible to determine the circumstances of the attack, according to the public prosecutor.

The video surveillance cameras installed in Viry-Châtillon, a town of just over 30,000 inhabitants located south of Paris, "will perhaps" allow us to see things more clearly, mayor Jean-Marie Vilain hoped on BFMTV ( The Centrists). The images “have already been requisitioned by the police,” he added.

The schoolboy transported to Necker hospital in Paris

The events occurred "around 4:20 p.m." while the teenager, a third-year student at Les Sablons college, in a working-class district of Viry-Châtillon, was leaving a music class, Mr. Naughty. The teenager was “attacked while he was on his way to his home, between two stairwells,” according to the city councilor. “I don’t know if it was expected or targeted but there was no particular tension when leaving college at that time”, underlined the elected official.

The schoolboy was in cardio-respiratory arrest when he was taken care of by the firefighters, said a police source. He was transported to Necker hospital in Paris as an absolute emergency, according to the mayor. 

A psychological unit set up

The attackers “tried to massacre him”, commented Mr. Vilain, speaking of “thugs of the worst kind”. The events in Viry-Châtillon occurred 48 hours after the attack on a 13-year-old girl in front of a middle school in a working-class area of ​​Montpellier. The young girl was “seriously injured” according to the prosecution, who announced Wednesday evening that she had come out of the coma. “This ultra-violence is becoming commonplace,” commented the mayor of Viry-Châtillon.

According to the elected official, a psychological unit will be set up on Friday at Les Sablons college, in order to provide support "to the students but also to the teachers".