Two teenage brothers have been indicted, respectively for murder and for modifying a crime scene, after the death of another 13-year-old boy who was stabbed overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in Marseille, a we learned from the prosecution on Sunday.
Aged 16, the first teenager, indicted for murder, was remanded in custody on Friday, prosecutor Dominique Laurens told AFP. confirming information from Provence. His 13-year-old brother was indicted for modifying a crime scene for having thrown the knife with which the victim had been struck, on the Old Port, in the heart of the city.
Cap theft?
The origin of the fight between the victim and the two brothers is still confused, according to the magistrate. According Provenceit could find its origin in a theft of a cap that occurred a week earlier.
A flagrant investigation had been opened after the facts and entrusted to the departmental security.