Five days after the death of Philippe, a 22-year-old killed during an “ambush”, a new attack took place during the night from Friday to Saturday, in Grande-Synthe, in the North. The victim, aged 15, was found half-naked by a passerby.
The teenager was attacked by several people who stole his tracksuit and sneakers, indicates The Parisian, relaying information from the Dunkirk public prosecutor’s office. He is the cousin of one of the suspects indicted on Friday for the murder of Philippe.
An open investigation
According to BFM TV, the young man found himself facing two people with hoods who hit him in the face and body. Unlike Philippe who was trapped by minors, this is not a question of making an appointment on a dating site, clarified the prosecution.
The Dunkirk public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into “intentional violence in meetings leading to incapacity for work for more than eight days”, entrusted to the violence against persons group of the local Dunkirk judicial police service.
“It is not possible to reliably conclude on the motive”, the victim having not yet been heard, specified the prosecution.