Around 250 people gathered at Le Moule this Saturday, November 23, to demand justice for Merick Mathoré, a young 26-year-old Guadeloupean soldier, killed in Besançon. Dressed in white, friends, neighbors, family and ordinary citizens marched silently through the streets of the town.
They walk in silence. Dressed in white, they decided to seek justice for Merick Mathoré this Saturday, November 23, 2024 afternoon, in the commune of Moule, where his family still lives. Revolt and anger can be read on their faces even if everyone has a non-violent approach. There are around 250 of them parading the streets.
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©Rudy Rilcy – Guadeloupe the 1st
Some came because Merick is their son's age, others because they know the family, neighbors, friends, cousins. But they all have in common the incomprehension of such a savage act.
Testimonies follow one another during the white march for Merick au Moule
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©Rudy Rilcy – Guadeloupe the 1st
The young 26-year-old Guadeloupean soldier was violently attacked, on the night of November 7 to 8, by three men, outside a Besançon nightclub. The young mansuffered serious brain damage having “resulted in major cerebral edema”indicated the public prosecutor of Besançon, Etienne Manteaux. Plunged into an artificial coma, then announced as brain dead, Merick died of his injuries, 5 days after being beaten by three individuals.
The three attackers have all been identified. Two are in pre-trial detention. The third is still actively sought.
