A French youth has lost his life after three youths attacked him with in an axe in a Lidl parking lot yesterday in Nogent-sur-Oise, with video of the incident quickly spreading across social media.

The 17-year-old victim was reportedly hit in the neck with the axe, and despite the efforts of emergency medics, was declared dead at the scene at 8:00 p.m.

“Wounded by a knife, the type of which remains to be determined, the minor quickly lost a lot of blood,” Senlis public prosecutor Loïc Abrial said in a statement. “Treated on the scene by emergency services, he underwent numerous resuscitation procedures. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead that evening.”

In the video of the attack, a woman can be heard screaming, with reports claiming that the woman is the murder victim’s mother.