the cousin of one of the suspects attacked, the security system reinforced

A 15-year-old teenager was found naked in the street after being attacked in Grande-Synthe (North) last night, we learned Le Figaro with the Dunkirk public prosecutor’s office, confirming information from JDD . The victim is a cousin of one of the minors suspected of having beaten to death Philippe, a 22-year-old young man attacked on the night of April 15 to 16 in a parking lot located behind the “Carrefour Contact” store in the same town North.

An investigation was opened by the Dunkirk public prosecutor’s office to “intentional violence in a meeting leading to incapacity for work for more than 8 days”explains Charlotte Huet, the public prosecutor of Dunkirk.

“I renew my call for calm and hope that the feeling of revenge of some fades as quickly as possible», Reacted the socialist mayor of Grande-Synthe, Martial Beyaert, in a press release. He calls on the population to “not giving in to a certain form of fear, or even psychosis“. The prefect of the North asked the national police on Saturday to strengthen the security system in Grande-Synthe, assures the prefecture.

Found naked on the public highway

Several clothes were stolen from him, including his tracksuit and his sneakers, reports Charlotte Huet who specifies that the teenager was transported to Dunkirk hospital, without any life-threatening conditions. The investigation was entrusted to the personal violence group of the city’s local judicial police department.

Furthermore, the prosecution specifies that it is not a question “acts committed following an appointment on a dating site”, as could be the case for Philippe. The Dunkirk prosecutor adds that to date, it is impossible to determine “reliably” the motive for this new attack, the minor having not yet been heard.

Philippe, who left a friend’s house and returned home the night of his attack, worked in a socio-educational center. He was left for dead in a parking lot behind the “Carrefour Contact” store in Grande-Synthe (North), before dying a few hours later from his injuries. After this murder of incredible savagery, Philippe’s relatives confided in the Figaro. “He was massacred. It’s barbarism, it’s shameful. We live in a crazy world”lamented his cousin, Olivier.

The 22-year-old young man fell into an ambush organized via the free dating site Coco, according to the version of the suspects, two minors aged 14 and 15 already known to the courts. The latter, who allegedly posed as a young girl on the Coco site in order to trap Philippe, were indicted for “assassination” and imprisoned on Friday. A third individual is still being sought by investigators.