Four minors have been indicted for "school harassment leading to suicide" after the suicide of a 13-year-old girl, in Vendin-le-Vieil, Pas-de-Calais, on May 12, announced Thursday, the prosecutor of Bethune in a statement.

An open judicial investigation

In addition to these minors, an adult has been indicted for "death threats", he added. According to the prosecutor's office, the five defendants were placed under judicial supervision in accordance with the prosecutor's request.

A judicial investigation had been opened on 20 May on charges of "school bullying" having the "effect of deteriorating living conditions altering health and leading the victim to suicide".

  • Miscellaneous facts
  • Pas-de-Calais
  • Hauts-de-France
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais
  • School bullying
  • Suicide
  • Adolescent
  • Indictment