There is a suspect in the investigation into the death of Thomas, the 16-year-old high school student who was stabbed to death at a village festival in Crépol, France, a week ago. This is the twenty-year-old convicted criminal Chaïd Akabli, who was arrested in a small hotel in Toulouse as he wanted to flee to Spain. The dramatic episode, described across the Alps as the “Crèpol massacre,” was supported by the extreme right, which for days has denounced “the arrival of criminals from the banlieues in our country.” Valence prosecutor Laurent de Caigny announced that Akabli was arrested along with eight other companions, was a French national and lived in Romans-sur-Isère, a town near the small village of Crépol. The boy was already known to the police for other petty crimes. In the past he has actually been fined for receiving stolen goods and for being caught on the street armed with a knife.
Who is Thomas’ suspected murderer?
Akabli denies any allegations, but was officially entered into the suspect register as a “possible perpetrator of the stab wound” that killed Thomas. The boy does not have a permanent job, he lives with his mother of Maghreb descent and, as other residents of the area report, earns his living by doing odd jobs for the city’s drug dealers. The incident for which he is under investigation occurred on the night of Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th November, when Akabli’s gang attacked Crèpol’s party room, using knives and hatchets to attack anyone who came within reach attacked. The number of victims of the tragic evening is twenty people stabbed, two of which were very serious, and one died: Thomas, 16 years old.
The accusations of the French right-wing extremists
Fueling the French far-right narrative that has been circulating in the news for days is the fact that one of the attackers allegedly shouted: “We are here to stab white people.” Marine Le Pen, leader of the Rassemblement National, claims that “the French no longer feel safe anywhere,” while Eric Zemmour – the other leader of the French right – speaks of “Francocide”.
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