In a harrowing kidnapping case outside Nantes, France, two teenagers were reportedly abducted by masked assailants, stripped, beaten, stabbed, and forced to dig their own graves in a nearby forest.
The victims, aged 14 and 16, were taken from a hotel car park in the suburb of Carquefou on the night of January 2. Witnesses reported seeing the boys being forced into a vehicle.
Police were alerted but found no immediate trace of the victims. Hours later, a resident in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre discovered the two injured and shocked teenagers on his doorstep. One boy had been stabbed in the thigh; both had bloody faces, slashed fingers, and clear signs of trauma. The resident provided first aid before emergency services transported them to Nantes University Hospital.
According to the victims’ statements to investigators, they were driven to a forest, locked in the trunk of a car, and subjected to a brutal assault. The attackers stripped them, beat them, held a gun to their heads, and forced them to dig a hole with their bare hands—a grave, they were told.
Police later located the scene, recovering the victims’ discarded clothing and confirming the existence of the freshly dug pit.
The Nantes public prosecutor, Antoine Leroy, has opened an investigation into kidnapping, false imprisonment, and violent assault. Detectives suspect the attack may be linked to drug trade disputes or territorial conflicts between traffickers.
One of the victims, the 14-year-old from Angers, had reportedly been avoiding authorities for several months prior to the abduction. Both teens have provided statements, though they remain deeply traumatized and reluctant to discuss details.
The investigation is ongoing, led by the Nantes research brigade. Authorities say progress is being made in identifying suspects, but no arrests have been announced.
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