the suspect was handed over to France after his escape

Lilian Dejean, a 49-year-old cleaning agent, was killed on September 8 in Grenoble by gunfire. The man suspected of being the shooter was handed over to French authorities on Thursday November 28 after his arrest in Portugal.

Abdoul Diallo, suspected of being the murderer of municipal agent Lilian Dejean in Grenoble, was handed over to France on Thursday, November 28 in the evening, BFMTV learned from a judicial source confirming information from Agence France presse.

He arrived at Roissy airport, a week after his arrest in Póvoa de Lanhoso, 70 kilometers north of Porto. After 74 days on the run and subject to a European arrest warrant, he did not oppose his handover to France, according to the Portuguese police.

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.

More than 40 investigators on the case

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.

According to the judicial police in Isère, more than forty investigators participated in the search for the suspect.

Grenoble prosecutor Eric Vaillant specified that the suspect had 19 convictions on his criminal record, many for acts of violence but also for drug trafficking.

The drama had all the more resonance in Isère as it occurred in the middle of a black series for the metropolis of Grenoble, where according to the authorities a “gang war” between drug traffickers is being played out.