Monday afternoon, in Schmirmeck, west of Strasbourg, a 13-year-old girl was beaten by seven individuals, including five minors, for a simple argument by interposed messages with a former friend of hers. The assault was filmed and broadcast on social media. The seven attackers were placed under judicial supervision, AFP reported on Friday.
A 13-year-old girl received a “multitude of beatings” in Schirmeck, in the Bas-Rhin, for a “futile” reason by seven young people, including five minors, who were arrested, an assault filmed and broadcast on social networks , AFP learned on Friday from the prosecution.
“Intentional violence in a meeting in front of a place of transport”
The five minors, two 16 and 17 years old and three “under 16”, were indicted for “willful violence in a meeting in front of a place of transport” and placed under judicial control, said the prosecutor’s office in Saverne.
The two adults, aged 19 and 21, were also placed under judicial supervision and will appear in May for the same facts at a correctional hearing, it was added, confirming information from the regional daily. The Latest News from Alsace (DNA). Adults risk five years in prison, minors two and a half years.
“Thirty to forty young” present during this lookout
The scene took place Monday afternoon in front of the station of Schirmeck, a town of 2,000 inhabitants, about fifty kilometers west of Strasbourg. According to the prosecution, the victim and a “former friend”, aged 14, had made an appointment in front of the station after having had an exchange in the morning via Snapchat which had deteriorated for a “futile” reason. But when the 13-year-old girl arrived there, “thirty to forty young people” were already present, it was specified.
The two teenagers then exchanged blows but, quickly, “the two brothers” of the older one came in turn to strike the younger one, also taken to task by two other young girls, “friends of the implicated”, as well as two adults. The victim was prescribed one day of ITT.
“She received a multitude of blows from multiple people” and “could no longer describe the entire scene,” said the prosecution. “The scene was filmed by many young people”, which made it possible “to incriminate each of the (seven) people who were the subject of prosecution”, it was added. According to DNA, the gendarmes of Schirmeck had access to about fifty videos.
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