LYON: Six folks have been remanded in custody over the killing of a French teenager whose loss of life at a village dance occasion sparked political controversy in France, prosecutors stated on Sunday (Nov 26).
Final weekend a 16-year-old pupil, recognized solely as Thomas, was stabbed when a bunch of outsiders descended on a festive crowd gathered in Crepol, within the southeastern area of Drome, for a dance occasion within the village corridor.
He died on his solution to hospital. Eight others have been injured.
On Tuesday, 9 suspects together with three minors have been detained in reference to {the teenager}’s homicide.
Three are minors, the others are aged between 19 and 22.
After 96 hours in police custody, the suspects have been transferred to the Valence courthouse on Saturday.
The general public prosecutor’s workplace had requested the opening of an investigation into expenses together with tried homicide and “homicide in an organised gang.”
9 folks have been positioned below investigation “in accordance with the request of the general public prosecutor”, prosecutor Laurent de Caigny stated in an announcement, with out offering additional particulars.
“Six folks, together with two minors, have been remanded in custody,” he added. “Three folks, together with one minor, have been positioned below judicial supervision.”
On Saturday, the prosecutor stated that the motive and the small print of the crime had not but been established in full.
In keeping with the preliminary investigation, an altercation that started contained in the dance corridor, presumably linked to a comment concerning the coiffure of one of many suspects, continued exterior. Extra younger folks arrived in a single or two automobiles.
9 witnesses reported listening to remarks aimed in opposition to “white folks”, stated the general public prosecutor.
Nonetheless, de Caigny stated that the investigation can’t at this stage state with certainty that the victims have been focused on the premise of their race, ethnicity, or faith.
A lot of the suspects admit to having been in Crepol, however deny having stabbed anybody.
On Wednesday, greater than 6,000 folks marched within the southeastern city of Romans-sur-Isere in reminiscence of Thomas.
Round 2,000 folks attended {the teenager}’s funeral within the village of Saint-Donat-sur-l’Herbasse on Friday.
Even earlier than the arrests, far-right politicians had been fast guilty the assault on youths from immigrant backgrounds from public housing.
“Now anti-white racism is hitting our countryside,” Marion Marechal, the main candidate for the far-right Reconquete! occasion of ex-presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour in subsequent yr’s European elections, has claimed on X, previously Twitter.
