a 15-year-old teenager dies, victim of several stab wounds

A 15-year-old teenager was stabbed to death on Saturday April 27 late in the afternoon in Châteauroux (Indre), according to information from France Bleu Berry. The victim suffered several stab wounds to the chest. The prosecution confirmed the stab wound received during a fight. A 15-year-old minor was placed in police custody, franceinfo learned from the prosecution.

Initially in critical condition when firefighters were treated, the victim did not survive his serious injuries, reports France Bleu. Saturday evening, the police were deployed on rue Ernest-Nivet while a yellow flag indicating a “national police sampling zone” had been pulled to the corner of this street and that of Champ Carreau while a gray blanket was still lying on the ground.

According to information from France Bleu Berry, the alleged perpetrator is one of the attackers of a knife extortion last week. In this case, two minors were indicted.

“Shocked” residents

In the neighborhood, some residents witnessed the scene. A young mother, Marie-Mathilde, testified to France Bleu Berry, she said she heard screams. “When I leaned down, I saw a young man dressed in black hitting the victim but I did not see a knife. I saw the young man on the ground who said his back hurt and he was cold”.

Marie-Mathilde then throws a blanket from her window and rushes downstairs, where she finds herself with a passerby. “When we lifted his t-shirt, we saw the clothes soaked in blood. We compressed the wounds until the firefighters arrived”explains Marie-Mathilde. “We are shocked, we don’t expect to experience this. We feel guilty saying to ourselves that we failed to save him”she continues.