A 14-year-old boy was taken into police custody this Saturday in Sarcelles (Val-d'Oise), suspected of having stabbed a schoolboy in the abdomen the day before, since hospitalized, AFP learned this Saturday from sources. police and with the Pontoise public prosecutor's office.
Aged 14, he was arrested late Saturday morning as part of the investigation for "attempted voluntary homicide" led by the police station of this city of Val-d'Oise, told AFP the Pontoise parquet floor.
The unknown motive
Former student of the college in front of which the tragedy took place on Friday, the suspect had been excluded for acts of violence, according to a source close to the investigation.
The motive is currently undetermined.
Around 5:30 p.m. Friday, leaving his establishment, a 13-year-old schoolboy was stabbed in the abdomen, said a police source.
Conscious, he was transported to Necker hospital in Paris, added this source.
He has since been hospitalized, without vital prognosis, the prosecution told AFP.
A 4th grader, he arrived at the college shortly after the start of the school year, after being the victim of an attack in his previous establishment, according to the source close to the investigation.
Alleged accomplices
The presumed perpetrator of the stabbing had arrived accompanied by at least two people, according to the first elements of the investigation.
"The perpetrators fled when a sports teacher arrived at the scene of the attack, the reason for which was unknown yesterday," said another police source.
In the past two weeks, two teenagers have been killed in fights between rival gangs in the 17th arrondissement of Paris and in Coignières (Yvelines).
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