three new suspects indicted, notably for intentional homicide by an organized gang

Eleven people were arrested Monday morning by gendarmes, almost four months after the events. Two people are still in police custody, and six other people have been released.

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The town of Crépol (Drôme), December 7, 2023. (NICOLAS GUYONNET / HANS LUCAS / AFP)

Three of the suspects arrested Monday as part of the investigation into the death of young Thomas, stabbed during a village festival in Crépol (Drôme) were indicted on Thursday March 14, for intentional homicide and attempted intentional homicide by an organized gang, learned France Bleu Drôme Ardèche. The prosecution requested their placement in pre-trial detention.

Six other suspects, arrested during the same raid, were released and two are still in police custody as part of the investigation opened after the tragedy that occurred on the night of November 18 to 19 in Crépol, according to a press release from the Valencia prosecutor, Laurent de Caigny.

Nine people had already been indicted on November 25. The investigation has not made it possible at this stage to determine the exact circumstances of the teenager’s death, none of the first nine indicted admitting to having dealt the fatal blow to young Thomas, 16 years old.


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