People take part in a march in the memory of a 14-year-old girl, whose beaten body was found in the Seine river after she endured online harassment at school, in Argenteuil, France, Sunday, March 14.
A French judge charged two 15-year-olds on Thursday with the murder of a girl from their school whose beaten body was found dumped in the Seine River in a crime that has shocked the country, prosecutors said.
The 14-year-old girl, identified only as Alisha, had been the victim of online bullying in a dispute with the suspects, a boy and a girl, that had seen photos released on social media.
The judge charged the two with murder in the early hours of Thursday, and another judge then ordered them to be held in custody in the young offenders units of two prisons pending trial, prosecutors said.
The two, identified as T. and J., as minors face up to 20 years in prison if convicted for the killing in Argenteuil in the northern outskirts of Paris.
The case has shocked France as the government seeks to deal with increasing crime blamed on youth gangs that has sparked violent clashes, especially in the Paris area.
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