Europe 1 with AFP 8:08 p.m., April 20, 2022
A 15-year-old boy was seriously injured with a knife late Wednesday afternoon on leaving a high school in Essonne after a brawl between gangs of young people.
His vital prognosis is engaged, said the prosecution.
The investigation, opened for attempted murder, was entrusted to the Departmental Security of the department.
A 15-year-old minor was seriously injured with a knife on Wednesday leaving his high school in Longjumeau in Essonne during a brawl between gangs of young people, said the Evry prosecution and a police source.
The injured miner has a major wound, about ten centimeters in the chest, and his vital prognosis is engaged, said the Evry prosecution, confirming information from the
Parisian.
According to a police source, he was hit by three stab wounds.
He was rushed to a Paris hospital.
No other injuries were identified and no arrests were made, the prosecution said.
An investigation opened for attempted murder
This attack took place at the end of the afternoon in front of the Jean-Perrin vocational school, during a brawl between around thirty people opposing young people from rival districts of Longjumeau and the neighboring town of Chilly-Mazarin.
This school is located near the sports complex between the two municipalities.
An investigation was opened for attempted murder and was entrusted to the Essonne departmental security.
This department is regularly the scene of brawls between gangs of young people and was badly affected last year, with three deaths of teenagers.
The prefecture counted 73 collective clashes in 2021. A figure which rises to 129, according to the prosecution, when individual conflicts for territorial rivalries are also recorded.
In this context, schools are closely monitored by the authorities to prevent these fights.