Yann Hedin, 35, was killed with his bare hands in the town of Sainte-Pazanne, Loire-Atlantique. Three young people have been indicted and placed in pre-trial detention.

“We thought we would be peaceful in the countryside... we are no longer safe from anything,” says one resident. The father of the victim defends himself: “He wasn't careless, he wasn't a brigand, he had attended school"