According to the prefecture, until 10,000 people are expected this Saturday, May 4 in the afternoon Châteauroux to pay a final tribute to Matisse. The 15-year-old teenager was murdered. youé by a boy of the same age at the end of April. The mayor of the town of Châteauroux, in Indre, had announced; last Tuesday that a white march would take place this Saturday, May 4 to pay tribute to Matisse. The appointment given à 3:30 p.m. in this small town of 43,000 inhabitants should bring together between 3,000 and 10,000 people, a indicated the prefect. From Place La-Fayette, the procession plans to head towards the school where was at school the boy, the family home and finally the restaurant of Matisse's parents, like a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the teenager killed on April 27 the bladed weapon by another of the same age.
La marche blanche est encadrée par un service d'ordre, constitué de proches de la famille de #Matisse avec leurs gilets jaunes. En tête de cortège, une banderole : "Matisse, un vrai #Chateauroux
(Images AFP TV) pic.twitter.com/rlUMUL3dnf— France 3 Centre-Val de Loire (@F3Centre) May 4, 2024
Political recovery
The day before this march, Friday May 3, nationalist activists displayed their flags. tricolor flags and banners in front of the town hall of Châteauroux. One of the participants, dressed all in black, read a text echoing to his voice. the death of Matisse, concluding with these terms: "Afghans, outside !", reports France Bleu Berry.
This explicitly nationalist conclusion refers to nationality of the perpetrator of the crime. The mobilization took place even though Matisse's father had called for action. à multiple times &agrav; so that the death of his son is not taken up politically.