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Death of Thomas in Crépol: the ultra-right is remobilizing
Death of Thomas in Crépol: the ultra-right is remobilizing – (franceinfo)
More than a week after the death of Thomas in Crépol (Drôme), the ultra-right organized demonstrations of force in Romans-sur-Isère. Several people, armed with iron bars and baseball bats, wanted to carry out punitive expeditions using racist slogans.
Lyon (Rhône), stronghold of the extreme right. These identity activists, hooded, parade. “Islam, out of Europe!” and other nationalist slogans resonate almost everywhere in France, such as in Rennes (Brittany) or Reims (Marne). Thomas’ murder reignited tensions with Islamophobic tags on a mosque in the English Channel or posters stuck in Versailles (Yvelines). Members of the ultra-right call for revenge for Thomas, armed with iron bars. They came from all over France to meet in a district of Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme), where some of the suspects allegedly came from.
3,000 ultra-right activists
Faced with this propaganda from small far-right groups which incite self-defense, the Minister of the Interior advocated firmness. “I will not let any militia make the law in place of the public prosecutors and the police,” declared Gérald Darmanin on France Inter. French intelligence services count 3,000 ultra-right activists active in the territory, 1,300 are on S file.
