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French police nab 8-year-old boy as arson suspect

Sun, 09 Nov 2014 20:18:00 +0100

French police on Sunday investigating whether an eight-year-old boy who was caught red-handed about to torch a parked car was also responsible for arson attacks on four other vehicles.

French police in race to find sick British boy

Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:20:00 +0200

Police in France and Britain faced a race against time on Friday in their hunt to find a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who officials in France believe was "kidnapped" from a UK hospital by his family.

Deaf French boy in coma after he's hit by lightning

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:24:00 +0200

A 14-year-old deaf French boy is in a coma after being struck by lightning at Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy on Thursday. According to reports he had not heard a warning to close his umbrella.

Trial of 9-year-old boy thrown out by judge

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:00:07 +0200

A judge has thrown out a case of a 9-year-old boy insulting two of his teachers and kicking one of them, just the day before he was to have his hearing.

Two teens held after nine-year-old shot dead

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +0200

Police in southern France on Wednesday detained two teenagers after a nine year-old boy was shot dead, prosecutor Samuel Finielz told AFP.