Geoffrey Branger / Photo credit: MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP 6:45 p.m., April 6, 2024

The day after the death of the 15-year-old teenager, violently attacked on Thursday leaving his school in Viry-Châtillon, five people were arrested and placed in police custody. Currently, their involvement in this affair is not yet known, but several avenues are being studied, such as that of a romantic quarrel.

Where is the investigation? Friday, the 15-year-old teenager, violently attacked Thursday outside his college in Viry-Châtillon, in Essonne, died. A drama within National Education which occurs the same week as the violent attack on Samara, a 13-year-old schoolgirl, in front of her establishment in Montpellier. Two days after the tragedy, five people were arrested and taken into police custody.

Extended police custody?

Currently, five people are being questioned by investigators: four minors aged 15 to 17 and one adult. For the moment, their involvement in the death of Shamseddine, the 15-year-old boy who was beaten, is not yet known but several avenues are being studied. "In a fight, in general, the individuals are known. In this case, this is not at all the case for this young man, he was not part of a gang. Neighborhood rivalries can be ruled out since we say that he lives near the college, it's not a difficult neighborhood. And then, after that, you have what the investigators would focus on, but we're not yet sure. Maybe be a love story", explains Reda Belhaj, spokesperson for the SGP Ile-de-France unit.

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The possibility of a romantic quarrel is therefore most likely at this time. In any case, this is what emerged from the first hearings. But all hypotheses are still on the table, including that of a gratuitous lynching. Rachid, the teenager's cousin, speaks of a targeted attack. "Through an adult who ordered this attack, who sent minors to attack my cousin. And it is very serious. He did not send minors to discuss, he sent minors to kill, to murder a 15-year-old minor,” he laments at the microphone of Europe 1.

The investigation is therefore underway for assassination and violence in meetings near a school establishment. According to a police source for Europe 1, police custody should be extended by 24 hours to end on Sunday evening.