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Crémieu Gathers 1,000 for Silent March Honoring Zaïa Binet as Femicide Probe Advances

Investigators have placed her companion under formal investigation after he revised his account and acknowledged pushing her during a dispute.

Overview

  • Participants walked in silence through the streets on November 30, with friends like Amandine Rosset describing the grief of losing Zaïa as a femicide and carrying a banner evoking the light she radiated.
  • Zaïa Binet, 27, was found burned in a car on November 19 in Saint-Marcel-Bel-Accueil, southeast of Lyon.
  • The companion, identified by Le Parisien as Nicolas F., 39, initially spoke as a witness before telling investigators he pushed her during an argument, a partial admission reported as his account.
  • Mayor Isabelle Flores said the killing defies understanding and urged concrete action as reports of violence against women have risen since 2020.
  • Zaïa worked as a nursing assistant in an EHPAD, and her mother, Myriam Binet, publicly thanked the crowd for their support.