The family of Lola, killed in Paris on October 14, demanded on Friday that “urgently cease, and be withdrawn, any use of the name and image of their child for political purposes”, during demonstrations and on the Internet, a their lawyer said in a statement. Her parents wish “to be able to honor the memory of their daughter in the serenity, respect and dignity which is due to her”, recalled the lawyer, the day after a demonstration in Paris in the presence in particular of Eric Zemmour during which some demonstrators carried signs on which appeared the face of the schoolgirl.
Already on Thursday, Lola’s parents had called for “dignity” and “respect” before the girl’s funeral on Monday, in a press release relayed by the town hall from Lilles (Pas-de-Calais). “In the dread and pain in which we are, we aspire to peace and meditation to mourn, they wrote in a press release authenticated by the mayor of Lillers, Carole Dubois. For the memory of Lola, we hope that the various ceremonies take place in a spirit of serenity and calm, far from political and media agitation. »
Funeral open to all this Monday
“We understand the desire for information to understand the incomprehensible, but it must be done with dignity and respect”, they continue, asking “everyone to keep the necessary distance”. The funeral of the 12-year-old schoolgirl is scheduled for Monday at 2:30 p.m. in Lille, her mother’s hometown. They are “open to all those who wish to pay him a last tribute”, specify his parents, but “the burial in the cemetery will be done in the strictest privacy”.