Hatred of Israel, academic failure, absent fathers: who are the minors on trial for the anti-Semitic rape of a 12-year-old girl in Courbevoie?

They are only 13 and 14 years old but the charges against them are extremely serious: three minors will be tried from Wednesday June 11 , behind closed doors, by the Nanterre juvenile court, notably for gang rape, sexual assault, violence, attempted extortion, death threats, insults, all aggravated because of the victim's religious affiliation, after the attack on a Jewish girl in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine) on June 15, 2024.

At the end of May 2024, Lorenzo*, 12, met Axelle*, also 12, during an extracurricular sports activity. A "romance" then began between this minor, with a Portuguese-sounding surname, and the young girl of Jewish faith. Both were in 5th grade. The girl initially made him believe she was Muslim. A precaution, she later explained, to "protect herself . " After October 7, 2023 (the date of the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel, editor's note)...