Le Figaro Lyon
A man in his thirties died Thursday night, around 1:30 a.m., following a brawl in the Guillotière district (7th arrondissement).
Residents called the police during this altercation.
When the police arrived on site, they found the victim unconscious on the ground with a significant head injury, indicates a police source in Le
Figaro
confirming information from Le
Progrès
.
Taken to hospital, she could not be saved.
An individual suspected of having participated in the events was arrested, assures the Lyon prosecutor's office without giving further details.
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It has not been established at this stage of the investigations that the victim was carrying objects decorated with a swastika or tattoos that could clearly refer to a political ideology.
Lyon Public Prosecutor's Office
According to the local daily, the deceased man had “extremist”
tattoos
and
“objects adorned with a swastika”
were found among his personal effects.
Contacted on the subject, the Lyon public prosecutor's office did not confirm this information.
“It has not been established at this stage of the investigations that the victim was carrying objects decorated with a swastika or tattoos that could clearly refer to a political ideology
,” he told Le
Figaro
.
An investigation entrusted to the territorial crime division was opened by the prosecution.
Investigations are currently continuing under the headings
of "intentional violence leading to death without intention of causing it in a meeting, theft and prohibited carrying of a category D weapon"
in order to determine the reasons and circumstances of this act and to identify the co-perpetrators or accomplices of the facts.