Emotions are still stirring one month after the death of young Lola. The murder has deeply shocked the country and as BFMTV reported on Wednesday November 16, many French people wanted to show their support for the young girl’s family, friends and loved ones by marching through the streets of the capital. “Everyone must be sympathetic to this kind of march,” says one resident, speaking to BFMTV. “We are all affected from near or far, we can only be in solidarity and offer them our help. We told them we will continue to be there for them,” confesses another resident.
The procession started at 4pm on Rue Goubet in the 19th district of Paris. It passed by the family’s flat where Lola’s body had been found and held a prayer service with music.
The march then reached the forecourt of the town hall, where the teenager’s mother, who did not want to be filmed, spoke a few words. The mother said: “Living with and without Lola, understanding the incomprehensible, that is the situation we are in after the mental tsunami that hit us on October 14″. And she added: ” Getting back on your feet will be difficult”.
The girl’s parents had asked that the gathering be “free of any political expressions and demonstrations”. “Lola’s parents really wanted it to be a march dedicated to life, definitely a tribute to Lola as she was,” the mayor of the 19th arrondissement, François Dagnaud, is quoted as saying by BFMTV.
The funeral of Lola , which took place on Monday October 24, attracted many people. As France 3 reported the same day, several hundred people attended the funeral. Among them were the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, and the Secretary of State for Children, Charlotte Caubel. As for the main suspect, she was charged with “murder and rape with torture and barbarity of a minor under the age of 15” and detained in Fresnes prison in the Val-de-Marne department.