A TEENAGE boy has been beaten to death by a French gang who filmed the \u201cbarbaric\u201d attack and shared it online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five teenagers are facing murder charges after allegedly luring Louis, 17, to a building site and kicking, stomping and punching him until he went unconscious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shortly after the beating, harrowing footage emerged on social media showing the young man on the ground with blood pouring from his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louis was rushed to hospital and placed in a coma after the fatal ambush in the southern town of Narbonne, close to the Mediterranean coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doctors spent five days doing all they could to improve Louis\u2019 condition but he was tragically declared dead on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All five of the men, aged between 16 and 19, arrested have been identified by their first names and the first initial of their surnames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are Isaac P, 18, Mathias T, 17, Jordan S, 16, Lucas P, 17, and Kilian T, 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police managed to quickly track them all down due to the footage shared of the alleged attack which showed many of their faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is believed that multiple members of the gang shared the video to their own personal accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louis was said to have had a history with the gang which hasn\u2019t been revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An investigating source told The Sun: \u201cLouis had a history with the gang, who frequently attacked him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll were local boys, and well known to the police for delinquency and other problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLouis knew them too, mainly through child welfare homes, and programmes run by the authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLast Friday, the gang lured Louis to a building site in Narbonne, and a barbaric beating to death followed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All are French nationals detained have been remanded in custody, where they are being questioned at length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are likely to be kept in jail pending a murder trial later this year, a local police source added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jean-Philippe Rey, the Narbonne prosecutor, said: \u201cThe evidence gathered suggests that these extremely serious acts were premeditated and that the suspects had set a trap for the victim, luring him to a construction site to beat him to death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rey added that the victim suffered \u201cmultiple bruises on his face as well as various instances of bleeding from the mouth and nose\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
News of Louis\u2019 murder quickly spread across France and caused outrage among the public and top officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bruno Retauilleau, France\u2019s former Interior Minister, said: \u201cLouis was 17 years old. He was lured into an ambush, savagely beaten, and left for dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis outpouring of violence is unbearable, nauseating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI first think of his loved ones who will have to live with this immense grief. Once again, several of those charged are minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe can no longer pretend that this barbarization is just a string of isolated incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His powerful statement concluded: \u201cThe French people demand that things change \u2013 I want to give them back their voice through a referendum to toughen our criminal justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokesman for Narbonne social services said Louis had \u201cfamily difficulties\u201d and was in the care of France\u2019s Child Social Welfare service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of his age, he was allowed a lot of freedom, and not supervised around the clock, said the spokesman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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