Lilian Dejean, a municipal employee of the city of Grenoble, was shot and killed last September. The suspect in this murder was arrested this Thursday in Portugal and checks are underway to ensure his identity, said the prosecutor of the Alpine town.
“A man likely to be Abdoul Diallo“, suspected of the murder of Lilian Dejean,”has just been arrested in Portugal under the European arrest warrant” delivered after the tragedy, Eric Vaillant told the press. “Checks are underway to ensure the identity of the person arrested“, he added.
Lilian Dejean, a 49-year-old father, was shot in the chest early on September 8, while trying to prevent a man who had caused a traffic accident while driving a car from fleeing. powerful rental car registered in Poland.
The suspect was prohibited from possessing a weapon
The municipal employee died shortly after in hospital. His death aroused immense emotion among his colleagues and residents, who paid him glowing tributes the day after the murder.
A judicial investigation had been opened in particular for “murder of a person entrusted with a public service mission”.
The identity papers of the suspect, a 25-year-old man named Abdoul Diallo, were found in the abandoned car.
He was already known to the courts in particular for “theft, violence and drug trafficking” and for having beaten, with five fellow prisoners, another prisoner at the Varces remand center (Isère) in June 2023.
Tried in August 2023 for this violence, he received a four-month prison sentence accompanied by a ban on possessing a weapon for five years. A week after his return to prison, he was involved in further violence for which he was to be tried on October 3.
