France ‘profoundly shaken’ by schoolgirl’s slaying in Paris

SYLVIE CORBET and BARBARA SURK
Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — The French government’s spokesperson says the slaying of a 12-year-old girl whose body was found inside a plastic box in a Paris building courtyard has left France “profoundly shaken.” A 24-year-old woman who was arrested Saturday in a northeastern suburb of the capital is in custody on charges of murder and rape of a minor, torture, acts of barbarity and concealment of a corpse, the Paris state prosecutor said Monday. A 43-year-old man is also in custody. The killing of the girl, identified in the French media only as Lola, has sparked a vicious political debate after reports emerged identifying the main suspect as an immigrant who remained in the country despite a deportation order.