“He was a lion, a pillar,” confides his little brother.

The officer shot dead after intervening to provide assistance was “a person who had enormous courage and who always helped people in need,” his brother added on France Bleu Isère on Wednesday.

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A photo of Lilian Dejean, a municipal agent killed in Grenoble. (JULIEN BALIDAS / RADIO FRANCE)

“He was a lion, he was a pillar”testifies on France Bleu Isère Wednesday September 11 Jean-Marc Dejean, little brother of Lilian Dejean, shot dead after intervening to provide assistance in a road accident Sunday morning in Grenoble.

He expresses his “sadness, with a mixture of benevolence”because his family received “lots of messages. It warms the heart, we feel a lot of sincerity in these testimonies, it has gone beyond our borders of Rhône-Alpes, it is comforting”.

According to him, Lilian was “a person who had a lot of courage and always helped people in need”. Resident of the Olympic Village district, Lilian “loved this neighborhood, he was very involved, unionized, former military, former athlete, he was a lion, he was a pillar.” Lilan Dejean “found the time, thought of everyone”concludes his brother. A blank day is organized on Wednesday for the urban cleaning agents who worked with Lilian Dejean.


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