Yuriy case | Shock in France by the brutal beating of a 15-year-old boy

Images have an impact on the level of violence and brutality. This is the video that shows a whole dozen people giving a beat to the young Ukrainian franc Yuriy, 15 years old. The event took place in the French capital of Paris. The boy remains in a severe coma.

As reported by the French media LCIYuriy had just left the lycée in the 15th arrondissement in Paris and was with his friends in a square when a group of people arrived.

LCI contacted Yuriy’s cousin, who reported that the attackers they could belong to a gang and they were looking for someone from a rival gang in the neighborhood.

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“They must have thought Yuriy was the person they were looking for“His cousin maintained that he assures that Yuriy is not part of any of these groups. When he wanted to escape from his attackers, he tripped and fell and that’s when the worst assault happened. was triggered with kicks and punches.

Upon arrival at the scene, the police saw that the attackers had already fled, so they transported Yuriy to the hospital. During the transfer, the young Ukrainian told his mother Nataliya that “he did not know the aggressors, that he was cold and did not want to die“.

In order to raise awareness of the violence in the streets, it was the young man’s family who shared the harsh images of the attack which quickly went viral.

Celebrities and personalities have shown their support through social media with Yuriy, including the footballer Antoine Griezmann and the actor Omar Sy |

“Yuriy got it nose, he arms, The shoulders, the ribs and the fingers. But above all, his skull was broken in several places. He underwent an operation which lasted more than six hours, he remained in a coma for more than a week, ”his mother explained on Saturday to the French news channel. BFMTV.