Eleven defendants will face trial in France after being accused of killing a 16-year-old in 2023 while engaging in speech “against the white race and the French nation,” according to a judicial order seen by POLITICO.
The death of Thomas Perotto in the village of Cr´epol quickly became a political flashpoint, with far-right figures like Eric Zemmour framing the incident as an example of the threat posed by immigrants.
BREAKING:
French judges today indicted 11 second-generation North African migrants for the 2023 murder of 16-y-old Thomas Perotto in Crépol, France
The judges added racism “against the White race and the French nation” as an aggravating circumstance, so theyface life in prison pic.twitter.com/2Rk4hTLRf8
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