The suicide of a 13-year-old French boy who was bullied at school for being gay has shocked the country, prompting warnings that homophobia kills, reports FRANCE 24.
Prosecutors have opened an investigation into harassment of a minor after the boy, Lucas, hanged himself last weekend in the Vosges region of eastern France.
Regional prosecutor Frédéric Nahon said late Thursday that the boy's friends told investigators he had been bullied "by pupils at his school for several months due to his homosexuality".
On Friday, Nahon added at a news conference that Lucas's journal contained an entry in which "he expressed his wish to take his own life".
Nahon said an ongoing investigation would determine whether there had been "a direct causal link" between the school bullying and the suicide, calling on police to proceed "with caution".