France ‘profoundly shaken’ by killing of schoolgirl, 12, in Paris

A man lays flowers outside the building where the body of 12-year-old schoolgirl was discovered in Paris (AP)

The killing 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 government spokesman has said.

A 24-year-old woman who was arrested on Saturday in a north-eastern 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.