A 17-year-old teenager was kidnapped this Friday, leaving his high school in Beauvais (Oise).

The young man, originally from Méru, was taken to a cellar, where he was tortured, reports

Le Parisien

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Several people beat him violently.

His body was slashed with a knife and his head partially shaved.

The high school student's ordeal was filmed and broadcast on the Snapchat application.

Seeing the video, friends of the victim informed his relatives, who alerted the police.

An open investigation

The rivalry between young people from Beauvais and Méru would be at the origin of this violent attack.

The teenager was finally able to be released thanks to the intervention of his brother, and was immediately taken to the hospital.

Suffering from the orbit, bruises and a torn ear, he is still hospitalized.

An investigation was opened for “kidnapping and kidnapping linked to another crime or offense committed in an organized gang”.

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  • Beauvais

  • Hauts-de-France

  • Violence

  • Sequestration

  • Rival bands

  • Assault

  • Miscellaneous facts