A 21-year-old man, lynched Friday July 16 in Isère by a dozen people, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday, AFP learned from the Vienna prosecutor's office on Tuesday July 20, which is currently conducting an investigation for intentional homicide.
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Friday evening, around 10:30 p.m., a "
brawl
" took place at a known deal point in Villefontaine, in the north of Isère, near Lyon, and "
left for dead
" a young man, seriously injured, told AFP Audrey Quey, prosecutor of Vienna, confirming information from the regional daily
Le Dauphiné Libéré
.
The investigation opened for attempted voluntary homicide on Friday evening was requalified following the death of this 21-year-old man, declared Sunday evening brain dead after treatment in a hospital in Lyon.
"
There is no stab wounds or gunshot wounds, but on the other hand he obviously died of multiple blows to the head,
" added the prosecutor, who entrusted the investigation to the gendarmes of the research section. from Grenoble.
The victim had been convicted "
by multiple courts, in particular for acts of drug trafficking, but also for violence, theft, etc."
", According to the prosecution.
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If the prosecutor “
does not have the precise circumstances
” of the “
brawl
”, nor the exact number of participants on both sides, “
the term lynching is correct
”. "
There is a real fear on the part of the witnesses to be able to designate the implicated
", regretted Audrey Quey, who called for the "
civility
" of the inhabitants of the district of Fougères to "
make it possible to identify the authors of this crime.
She assured to work "
on all the motives and the possible circumstances
" of the drama.
