New step in the investigation into the beating of young Yuriy, mid-January, in Paris.
On Saturday January 30, nine young people were indicted by an examining magistrate, including five for "attempted murder" and five were placed in the night in pre-trial detention.
The Paris prosecutor's office on Saturday opened a judicial investigation into the counts of attempted assassination and complicity in the attempted assassination, participation in a criminal association with a view to preparing a crime and theft with violence resulting in a total incapacity to work longer than eight days.
Four minors and one adult were remanded in custody, while the other four were placed under judicial supervision, according to a judicial source contacted by AFP.
Thursday and Friday, eleven minors, aged 15 to 17, and an adult, aged 18, mainly domiciled in Vanves (92), had been placed in police custody in this investigation, including four who had "spontaneously presented to the police "according to the Paris prosecutor Rémy Heitz.
Two were released Friday without prosecution at this point.
A lawyer for one of the respondents contacted by AFP said on Saturday that "the degree of involvement of the nine is very diverse".
"Violent collective action"
On the evening of January 15, Yuriy, a 15-year-old schoolboy, was taken to hospital in serious condition after being severely beaten while he was with friends on the slab of Beaugrenelle, the converted roof of a shopping center in the 15th arrondissement, an affluent district of the capital.
On January 22, about twenty seconds of images of his assault were broadcast on social networks.
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 close to the case, Yuriy had "a screwdriver in his pocket" during his assault. According to the Paris prosecutor Rémy Heitz, the nine indicted "are suspected of having formed a group in order to prepare a violent collective action to against another group of people in reaction to a previous brawl, "on January 10, in the 15th arrondissement, which itself is the subject of a separate investigation, and" to have committed crimes in this context. violence against Yuriy and stealing his cell phone ".
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, had denounced "an attack of incredible savagery", while several celebrities, including footballer Antoine Griezmann and actor Omar Sy, were moved by Yuriy's fate and told him provided their support.
The Élysée announced on Sunday January 24 that it had had "an exchange" with Yuriy's mother, Nataliya Kruchenyk.
With AFP
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