After the death of a 16-year-old boy from several stab wounds, Wednesday March 23 at Le Mans, the investigation is now continuing under the direction of an investigating judge, said the Public Prosecutor this Friday. This judge isseized of the counts of assassination and violence committed in a meeting“, she wrote in a press release. This qualification suggests that at this stage, the hypothesis of premeditation is being considered.
A minor among the three people arrested
In addition, writes the Public Prosecutor of Le Mans, the three people arrested on Wednesday evening shortly after the facts were presented to an investigating judge “for their examination“. And this, taking into account the “clues collected making their presence at the scene likely“, specifies the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The Prosecutor requested a warrant of committal against them, that is to say their placement in detention. She indicates that one of the three suspects is a minor.
Several stab wounds
Wednesday evening, around 8 p.m., a young man was stabbed several times in the Panorama area, in Le Mans, near the former Brice clothing warehouse, not far from the carnival. Witnesses told France Bleu Maine that they saw an “unbearable” scene. The hypothesis of a settling of accounts between rival gangs is put forward.