According to several national media and the AFP, a man suspected of being the author of the murder of Lilian Dejean was apprehended in Portugal by the local police in collaboration with the Judicial Police, this Thursday, November 21.
Yasmina Yacou
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Published on November 21, 2024 at 2:38 p.m.,
updated November 21, 2024 at 2:39 p.m.
The suspect in the murder of the municipal agent killed in Grenoble was arrested in Portugal, according to a police source. Two months after the murder of Lilian Dejean.
The 49-year-old Guadeloupean father was shot in the chest on September 8 while trying to prevent a man who had caused a traffic accident from fleeing at the wheel of a powerful car. rental registered in Poland.
He died shortly afterwards in hospital. His death caused immense emotion among his colleagues and residents.
The alleged murderer, aged 25, known to the courts in particular for theft, violence and drug trafficking, was actively sought. An identity document in his name was found in the damaged car which he had abandoned on site.
A judicial investigation had been opened for “murder of a person responsible for a public service mission”, “unintentional injury” “aggravated by speed and hit-and-run”, and “possession of category B weapons”.
Lilian Dejean was buried in Pointe-Noire on September 27. His family was surrounded by colleagues who came to pay their last respects. The mayor of Grenoble, Eric Piolle, also made the trip.
More information to come.
