A young man named Philippe was brutally abused by three suspected migrants on Monday night. The crime, as a result of which he later died, took place in the far north of France, near the Belgian border. The exact course of events is still unclear, but it is likely to have been a robbery by North African immigrants.
According to his family’s memorial and donation page, Philippe was on his way home in Grande-Synthe on Monday night when several people cowardly attacked him and seriously injured him with an axe and a baseball bat. According to French media, the crime scene was near the Nordoover school, from where the victim dragged himself to the car park of a supermarket, where emergency services arrived at around 1.45am. Images on X suggest that his head and face were savagely mutilated by blows and blows. He then fell into a coma and never recovered. Due to the severity of his injuries, the young man died on Tuesday evening.
Grande-Synthe the migrant hotspot
The authorities are still investigating, but according to media reports, there are three perpetrators – one minor has been arrested and is in custody. It appears to have been a deliberately planned attack. Pictures of the alleged perpetrators were also posted on X. The apparent migrants are said to have attacked the young Frenchman for his mobile phone. There has not yet been any official confirmation, but Grande-Synthe has become a focal point for migrants since the refugee welcome coup in 2015/2016. In 2017, the camp there was considered to be the largest in France for asylum seekers travelling to England.
Junger Franzose (23) von drei Migranten mit Axt und Knüppel totgeschlagen (heimatkurier.at)