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Six remanded in custody over killing of French teenager

Around 2,000 people attended the funeral of Thomas, a teenager who was stabbed to death at a dance party in southeastern France © OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP

Lyon (AFP) – Six people have been remanded in custody over the killing of a French teenager whose death at a village dance party sparked political controversy in France, prosecutors said Sunday.

Last weekend a 16-year-old pupil, identified only as Thomas, was stabbed when a group of outsiders descended on a festive crowd gathered in Crepol, in the southeastern region of Drome, for a dance party in the village hall.

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