Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

City police officers watch divers searching for evidences in the Vilaine river near the site where the body of a 12-year-old boy was found dead the day before in Rennes on May 25, 2026. A 16-year-old boy was arrested following the discovery of the body, with a wet bath towel "tied very tightly around his neck", according to the Rennes public prosecutors office. Photo by Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1779753327018Screen Shot 2026-05-26 at 7.55.07 AM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">City police officers watch divers searching for evidences in the Vilaine river near the site where the body of a 12-year-old boy was found dead the day before in Rennes on May 25, 2026. A 16-year-old boy was arrested following the discovery of the body, with a wet bath towel &quot;tied very tightly around his neck&quot;, according to the Rennes public prosecutors office. <em>Photo by Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>RENNES, France — Two teenagers were in police custody in northwestern France on Monday, a day after a 11-year-old boy was found dead with a wet towel tied around his neck, prosecutors said.</p><p>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.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/5/25/child-found-dead-with-towel-round-neck-in-france-prosecutors-0901">Child found dead with towel round neck in France: prosecutors</a></div><p>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.</p><p>&quot;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&quot; on charges of &quot;murder of a minor,&quot; Teillet said.</p><p>The victim was 11 years old, and not 12 as initially announced, Teillet said.</p><p>The boy&#x27;s body was found after a fisherman alerted police to cries of a child in the area, a police source told AFP.</p><p>Divers scoured the river on Monday while numerous police vehicles blocked the area.</p><p>&quot;A child of around 10, I can&#x27;t believe it,&quot; a 57-year-old walking near the scene who gave his first name as Stephane said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse<br/></strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>.</p>

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

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

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French teens held over murder of 11-year-old

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Published May 26, 2026 07:56 AM PHT

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