A French youth has lost his life after three youths attacked him with in an axe in a Lidl parking lot yesterday in Nogent-sur-Oise, with video of the incident quickly spreading across social media.
The 17-year-old victim was reportedly hit in the neck with the axe, and despite the efforts of emergency medics, was declared dead at the scene at 8:00 p.m.
“Wounded by a knife, the type of which remains to be determined, the minor quickly lost a lot of blood,” Senlis public prosecutor Loïc Abrial said in a statement. “Treated on the scene by emergency services, he underwent numerous resuscitation procedures. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead that evening.”
In the video of the attack, a woman can be heard screaming, with reports claiming that the woman is the murder victim’s mother.
The mother of the boy can be heard screaming in this disturbing footage after the attack. pic.twitter.com/84viPZwtut
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So far, three youths have been arrested, aged 19, 17, and 16, according to Abrial.
The judicial police service of the Creil police station has initiated a criminal investigation into the murder, according to Le Parisien.
Moktar Allouache, deputy mayor of Nogent-sur-Oise, arrived at the scene of the murder.
“He was apparently hit by an axe on the road before collapsing in the parking lot and losing all his blood,” said the deputy mayor. “It’s so shocking, just talking about it gives me chills.”
While it remains unclear who committed the attack, crime has soared in France in recent years. The situation has deteriorated to the point that 76 percent of French want the military deployed to disadvantaged neighborhoods to deal with the crime crisis.