Four Minors Indicted, Jailed Over Torture of 15-Year-Old Near Lyon

Overview

• A 19-year-old suspected of driving the group was also indicted for complicity and placed under judicial control.
• The case is being pursued for kidnapping or arbitrary detention with acts of torture or barbarity, as well as extortion with a weapon.
• Investigators seized videos allegedly recorded by the suspects that document the abuse in the building’s basement.
• The girl escaped at dawn, was found bleeding in Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, and remains hospitalized with no life-threatening prognosis reported.
• Officials say the youths were not known to police, while local reports and a parent describe a possible jealousy motive that has not been formally established.