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A 14-year-old was stabbed to death in Paris after he refused to give his cell phone to two teenagers. The 16 and 17-year-old suspects have been arrested, the Paris public prosecutor's office announced.

When the 14-year-old came home from soccer training on Friday evening, the two men demanded his cell phone. When he refused, one of the two allegedly stabbed him in the shoulder, according to the investigating authorities. A friend of the teenager provided first aid and helped to identify the attackers. The youths are being investigated for extortion resulting in death.

The 14-year-old died in the university hospital on Saturday afternoon. The news caused consternation at his soccer club.

On Facebook, the soccer club mourned the loss of its youth player, who died in the "terrible attack":

Suspects already known to the courts
One of the alleged attackers had already been sentenced to an educational measure by the courts for theft just over a year ago. In October, both young people were then brought before the court for theft with the use of force. According to the public prosecutor's office, they face life imprisonment for the fatal attack on the 14-year-old.

Just before Christmas, a 16-year-old was killed in Paris during a gang dispute between teenagers outside a school.