Viry-Châtillon: funeral of the teenager Tuesday, white march Friday

Europe 1 with AFP 2:49 p.m., April 8, 2024

The funeral of Shemseddine, a 15-year-old teenager who died on Friday after being beaten the day before in Viry-Châtillon, in Essonne, is planned for Tuesday and a white march will take place on Friday, the town's mayor, Jean, announced on Monday. -Marie Vilain. The funeral will be held "in a town just next to Viry-Châtillon" and the organization of the white march is underway, in conjunction with the family, said the councilor in an interview with AFPTV.

Four people indicted

It should take place “most certainly in the streets of the neighborhood” of Les Sablons college, he continued. “People are appalled by what is happening (...), it is astonishment to see how we can reach this level of violence, especially for a futile reason,” added the centrist mayor. Four young men were indicted for murder on the night of Sunday to Monday after the death of Shemseddine, 15, beaten Thursday in front of his school in Viry-Châtillon for a dispute involving the sister of two of them, announced the Evry public prosecutor's office.

Two of the accused - a 20-year-old adult and a minor - were imprisoned while two other minors were temporarily incarcerated before an adversarial debate on Wednesday, explained Evry prosecutor Grégoire Dulin in a press release. According to the first elements of the investigation and the statements of the accused, cited by the prosecutor, the two brothers learned, several days previously, that "their sister corresponded with people of her age on subjects relating to sexuality" .

Another attack in Viry-Châtillon

"Fearing for her reputation and that of their family, they had ordered several boys to no longer have contact with her. They then learned that the victim boasted of being able to speak freely with their sister, having not yet had to under pressure from them,” added Grégoire Dulin. “A teenager has the right to talk with whoever he wants, about the subjects he wants, as long as it respects everyone,” reacted Jean-Marie Vilain to AFP, adding that “a brother or an older sister" does not have to dictate to her younger brothers and sisters "how to behave with [their] boyfriends and [their] girlfriends."

Late Sunday afternoon, another 15-year-old teenager was violently attacked by several people "in the middle of the street" in Viry-Châtillon, said the prosecution, contacted by AFP. His vital prognosis is not in jeopardy. An investigation was opened for aggravated violence with premeditation, with a weapon and in a meeting, added the public prosecutor, specifying that "this case has no link" with the death of Shemseddine.