The assault on Yuriy, 15, took place near the Beaugrenelle shopping center, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris (illustration photo) -

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A judicial investigation was opened two weeks after the assault on young Yuriy, 15, announced the Paris prosecutor's office on Saturday, which requested the indictment of five young people for "attempted murder", according to a source close to the file.

"A judicial investigation was opened today on the counts of attempted assassination and complicity in the attempted murder, participation in a criminal association with a view to preparing a crime and theft with violence resulting in total incapacity for work. greater than eight days, ”said the Paris prosecutor's office.

"Complicity in an assassination attempt" for a sixth young person

Eight minors and one adult, suspected of having participated in the aggression of young Yuriy, in mid-January in Paris, must be presented to an examining magistrate, this Saturday, as part of this judicial information, announced Friday the Paris prosecutor Rémy Heitz in a press release.

According to a source familiar with the matter, the Paris prosecutor's office is asking for the indictment of five of these young people for "attempted murder" and a sixth for "complicity in the attempted murder".

"Requests for placement in pre-trial detention were taken against six minors and one adult", while the placement under judicial supervision was requested for the "two remaining minors", further indicated the prosecution.

Eleven minors, aged 15 to 17, and an adult, aged 18, mainly domiciled in Vanves (92), had been placed in police custody Thursday and Friday.

Three have been released without prosecution at this point.

"They are suspected of having formed a group in order to prepare a violent collective action against another group of people in reaction to a previous brawl" on January 10, in the 15th arrondissement, which itself makes the 'subject of a separate investigation, the prosecutor said.

A screwdriver found in Yuriy's pocket

A 15-year-old college student, Yuriy was taken to hospital in serious condition after being severely beaten on the evening of January 15.

He was then with friends on the slab of Beaugrenelle, the converted roof of a shopping center in the 15th arrondissement, a wealthy district of the capital.

The broadcast on social networks on January 22 of twenty seconds of images of his attack had caused a stir, within the political class as among celebrities.

We see a dozen young people in sports clothes and hooded jackets kicking and beating, or sticks, on a person on the ground, before abandoning him.

According to a source familiar with the matter, Yuriy had "a screwdriver in his pocket" during his assault.

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