Overview
- Louis, 17, was attacked at a Narbonne construction site on June 19 and died days later in hospital after suffering severe injuries.
- Five youths, including three minors aged 16 to 19, have been charged with attempted murder and are held in pretrial detention while the judicial inquiry continues.
- The mother’s ‘Dernière marche’ in Narbonne drew about 4,500 people according to police and followed a smaller, less political march organised by the father in Carcassonne.
- The Narbonne procession included high‑profile far‑right figures and roughly 400 identitarian activists, and parts of the crowd chanted for the death penalty even though it was abolished in France in 1981.
- The marches have focused national attention on calls for much harsher sentences, criticised the state child‑protection service (ASE) for alleged failures, and risk shaping debate on juvenile justice and public security.