A call “for calm and respect for everyone”. A week after the death of young Thomas, which led to violent actions by the ultra-right and tensions in Romans-sur-Isère, in Drôme, the public prosecutor of Valence, Laurent de Caigny, called for investigators to be left work “given the extreme seriousness of the facts”. “No one can take justice outside the law,” he insisted. And to warn: “Those who oppose it with illegitimate violence will answer for it. »
Since the death of Thomas, killed leaving a ball on November 19 in the village of Crépol, “the elucidation of the facts has not been completed”. “The two investigating judges and the many investigators are still mobilized, they are working to gather evidence on the violence committed against the 16 other victims,” said the magistrate. The prosecutor also indicated that the ultra-right’s demonstrations of force in Romans-sur-Isère, Saturday evening and Sunday, had resulted in “unacceptable violence”, with 24 arrests and 5 injured among the police officers.
Gatherings of identity activists
On Sunday, around forty identity activists gathered in the center of the city and were dispersed by the police, according to the prefecture which reported 7 arrests: three ultra-right activists and four young people from the La district. Currency, from which some of the suspects linked to the Crépol drama come. Saturday evening, around a hundred ultra-right activists from different cities across the country marched hooded through the streets of Romans with the aim of “fighting” with the young people of La Monnaie, according to a police source. They had been blocked by the police, with whom they had clashed for a long time.
One of these activists “indicates having been kidnapped and molested”, declared the Valencia prosecutor, specifying that he had contacted the judicial police about these facts.