on the eve of the white march, identity activists displayed banners in front of Châteauroux town hall

Around ten masked identity and nationalist activists deployed banners on the evening of Friday May 3 in front of the town hall of Châteauroux (Indre), on the eve of the white march for Matisse, a 15-year-old teenager killed with a knife on Saturday April 27 by a another teenager. Identity activists displayed black and white banners on which messages could be read “Justice for Matisse” And “French wake up”, reports France Bleu Berry. One of the nationalists read a text concluded by “Afghans out”.

The white march planned for this Saturday from 3:30 p.m. will bring together between 3,000 and 10,000 people, according to an estimate from the Indre prefecture. “The prefect of Indre calls on everyone to calm and dignity, and to respect the wishes of the family” the prefecture said in a press release on Friday. Matisse’s father called for calm on Friday and asked that the organized white march not be used politically.

Matisse, 15, died after receiving several stab wounds in Châteauroux last Saturday. The suspect, also aged 15, is indicted for “murder” and placed in pre-trial detention. The suspect’s mother, aged 37, was indicted for “intentional violence” against a “vulnerable person”, suspected of having “slapped the victim” injured.