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French teenagers arrested in connection with murder of 11-year-old boy

Two teenagers were in police custody in northwestern France on Monday, a day after an 11-year-old boy was found dead with a wet towel tied…

By Samantha Johnson / May 25, 2026

Two teenagers were in police custody in northwestern France on Monday, a day after an 11-year-old boy was found dead with a wet towel tied around his neck, prosecutors said.

The boy was found on the banks of the Vilaine river in the northwestern city of Rennes with a wet bath towel tied tightly around his neck, prosecutors said on Sunday.

On Monday, a 16-year-old boy was detained at his home, while a 15-year-old girl was detained after presenting herself to police, Rennes prosecutor Frederic Teillet said in a statement.

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“It is therefore the two young people who were seen with the victim at the scene on the afternoon of the incident who are currently in police custody” on charges of “murder of a minor”, Teillet said.

The victim was 11 years old, and not 12 as initially announced, Teillet said.

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The boy’s body was found after a fisherman alerted police to cries of a child in the area, a police source told Agence France-Presse.

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