The portrait of Anthony Boulier pinned on the t-shirts, a white rose in their hand, they advance in silence.
At a place called Simon, where the tragedy took place, a commemorative plaque has been installed.
In the countryside of Saint-Thurial (Ille-et-Vilaine), the procession stretches over several hundred meters.
Residents, relatives and friends, came in large numbers to pay their respects this Saturday morning to Anthony and to support Gaël, his friend injured during a violent attack triggered by simple horns.
On the night of February 24 to 25, they were chased and beaten with baseball bats by two brothers known for intimidating anyone who passed in front of their home.
The organizers of the white march hoped for 200 participants.
There were between 800 and 1,000. At the head of the procession, Anthony's mother, Gwenaëlle, and his wife, Cassandra, were surrounded by their emotional loved ones.
The thirty-year-old was very popular.
Always ready to lend a helping hand, he was also a real dad with his son, Tilio, 3 years old.
“Cassandra really didn’t deserve this.
At the store where we work together, she’s our ray of sunshine,” explains a colleague and friend, overwhelmed by the ordeal that the young woman, pregnant with her second child, is going through.
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