The investigation of the beating of young Yuriy continues.
Nine minors were arrested Thursday, January 28 and placed in police custody, we learned from the Paris prosecutor's office.
They are suspected of being involved in the attack on the 15-year-old schoolboy, which took place in mid-January in the capital.
The minors "were placed in custody on charges of attempted murder, criminal association with a view to committing a crime and theft in a meeting with violence," said the prosecution, confirming information from Point.
According to reports from his relatives to the press, the young man was with a group of friends on Friday after leaving college, when they were attacked by a gang of young people near the Beaugrenelle shopping center.
Witnesses spoke of a brawl between rival gangs, without being able to say whether or not the victim was part of one of them.
According to a source close to the investigation, Yuriy found himself isolated in the middle of a group who badly beat him and left him in serious condition.
Several celebrities, including basketball player Rudy Gobert, footballer Antoine Griezmann or actor Omar Sy, were moved, Saturday, January 23, by the fate of the teenager.
With AFP
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