Abdoul Diallo, suspected of having killed Grenoble municipal agent Lilian Dejean on September 8 with a bullet to the chest, was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention.
He was arrested on November 21 in Portugal, after 74 days on the run.
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Grenoble: a municipal agent shot dead by a driver after an accident
More than 40 investigators were mobilized to find him. The man suspected of having shot dead Lilian Dejean, a municipal agent, on September 8 in Grenoble (Isère), was indicted for murder and imprisoned, TF1info learned on Saturday from the Grenoble prosecutor. Abdoul Diallo, 25, was indicted by a judge in Grenoble for murder, involuntary injuries and possession of a weapon, said Eric Vaillant, after information from the Dauphiné Libéré.
The man was arrested on November 21 in Portugal after 74 days on the run, then transferred Thursday evening to France. He is suspected of having killed Lilian Dejean, a 49-year-old cleaning agent, on September 8 in Grenoble. This father was hit by a bullet in the chest while trying to hold back a man who had caused a traffic accident while driving a powerful rental car registered in Poland.
Identity papers in the name of Abdoul Diallo, residing in the suburbs of Grenoble, were found in the car abandoned by its driver who had fled on foot. Lilian Dejean died shortly after in hospital.
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The man already had 19 convictions on his criminal record, including many for acts of violence but also for drug trafficking, according to the prosecution.
The tragedy had all the more resonance in Isère as it is part of a dark series for the metropolis of Grenoble, victim according to the authorities of a “gang war” between drug traffickers.
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