European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 3b, 1993 world the stars and stripes Pago 9 a youth shows where a 45-year-old homeless Frenchman died after being beaten stripped and thrown Down a Hole allegedly by three children aged 8 to 10. French suburb shaken by killing of Vagabond identities of accused children remain secret Vitry sur Seine France a a shopping cart broken chairs and a fire scarred shelter stand As eerie wit Nesses to a Friendship that led to the kill ing of a homeless Man allegedly by three children. Cloaked in secrecy for a month be cause of the nature of the killing the tragedy is Only starting to reverberate in this working class Community outside Paris. The children aged Between 8 and 10, apparently still Don t realize that death is irrevocable. When the Vitry children were brought in for questioning they did t know what was happening said a police officer speaking on condition of anonymity. It was like they fell off the  the killing of Pierre Boura 45, occurred oct. 29 As two British boys went to trial for the kidnapping and murder of 2-year-old James Bulger. They were convicted and Given indefinite prison sentences nov. 24. French authorities Are avoiding comparisons to the horrifying Case across the Channel and have admitted that they tried to keep it under wraps to protect the children. The children on school holidays had befriended two homeless men who set up residence in a Shrub filled vacant lot. The youngsters brought food and supplies and helped arrange their lean to. Police sources said All was Well until Pierrot As Pierre Boura was called tried to join the group. He was rejected and set fire to the abode in revenge. A fight broke out and Pierrot fell hitting his head on a Stone. One of the other homeless men then told the children to go after him Accord ing to police. The children allegedly kicked and struck him with fists and chinese vessels linked to piracy clubs stripped him and dumped his body in a Hole. The children whose names have not been divulged were charged with inflict ing voluntary injuries that caused death without intent to kill sources said. They were released to the custody of their parents. Children in France Are not considered responsible before the age of 13. One of the homeless men was charged with the same crime and jailed. One of the children the 10-year-old, did not appear to grasp the enormity of the crime. In an interview with the weekly newspaper be journal do Dimanche he was asked if he had the impression that he had done something bad. Yes he answered with a slight smile. I told myself this in t Good. I m doing something  he said he went Home and watched television after Leav ing the lot. I like action movies and movies that scare you ii was quoted As saying. Pretty soon it s Christmas. I m going to get a bicycle and a  Vitry six Miles South of Paris is a town of 90,000 people living mainly in Low rent High rises. It s part of the grim network of poor suburbs ringing the capital. The walled in lot near the Center of town is a Paradise for children with a taste for adventure. Overgrown like a Jungle the Brush conceals nooks and crannies that feed the fantasies of child Hood. It s a shame said Aime con Honnet 57, a 30-year resident of Vitry who went to the site More in sadness than to gawk. Not Long ago it happened in Britain. It s not Normal if it happens Here or any where. It s a great shame con Honnet said. In a few years the kids might understand and be marked for  children beseech mafia Kingpin Palermo Sicily a children living n the heartland of the sicilian mafia urged its reputed Boss of Bosses to repent sunday. It Breaks my heart to see you on the to so full of Pride and without the desire to repent said one boy who joined other children aged to 12 in writing u letter to Salvatore " i Oto Riidu. The. Letter which was read in a paler Sydney Australia a Crews of chinese patrol boats Stop merchant ships Board them and sometimes de Mand payoffs from the owners the inter National maritime Bureau reports. Of 29 such incidents during the first eight months of 1993 in the Waters off Hong Kong at least 75 percent. Were attacks by chinese authorities said the Bureau which monitors piracy. In More Northern Waters russian freighters and trawlers have been stopped. The sensitivities Between the people s Republic of China and Russia have led to a series of vessel interceptions boardings and detentions said a report by the maritime Bureau a watchdog Agency established by the International chamber of Commerce. Last week the chinese foreign ministry said the report lacks factual found  but it did not deny that some ships had been stopped. China has had consultations with Japan and Russia and also we have prop Erly handled some individual incidents re lated to chinese vessels in line with inter National Law and Domestic Laws the ministry said. In july the ministry conceded that sometimes some individual misunderstandings occur in these  Eric Ellen director of the maritime Bureau s Home office in London speculated that the chinese might be trying to Stop smugglers but also said there were cases of payoffs demanded and made. It s either piracy or intervention or interception Ellen said adding that some chinese captains might be engaging in free Lance piracy. Aggressive chinese tactics firing on ships with heavy machine guns and rocket grenades have raised tensions in the re Gion especially near the spratly islands in the South China sea claimed by China Vietnam and the Philippines. Russia sent naval vessels to protect its shipping around Taiwan after about 20 raids earlier this year. Any boarding of a vessel by the Mili tary of another nation especially if it occurs on the High seas for no apparent Rea son is cause for alarm said capt. Martyn Bell the Royal australian Navy s anti piracy expert. Mazlan Abdul Sarnau director of the maritime Bureau office in Kuala Bumpur Malaysia said that South of China there have been cases of patrol boats on duty intercepting ships in a Way that can be Classi fied As acts of  Ellen said attacks by the chinese appear to have declined the past two or three months for no obvious reason. How to reach 150,000 Reader for just $51.7 2 that s How Little this space can Cost to advertise your Bazaar fest Marathon. You name it. For More info on our new and sizes and rates Call Germany civilian 06155-601247 or Dan 348-8247. To Church included drawings of hearts and Flowers. 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