The man suspected of having fatally mowed down a 14-year-old teenager, Wednesday, December 14 after the semi-final of the World Cup between France and Morocco, was indicted and imprisoned this evening

5:59 p.m .: The man suspected of having fatally mowed down a 14-year-old teenager, Wednesday, December 14 after the semi-final of the World Cup between France and Morocco, was indicted and imprisoned on Tuesday, announced in a press release the Montpellier prosecutor, Fabrice Bélargent.

4:39 p.m .: The family of the 14-year-old teenager broke in Montpellier expressed their “relief” after the driver suspected of having hit him to death during celebrations on the sidelines of the Football World Cup was arrested Tuesday, near Perpignan, after a run of a dozen days. “The defendant was arrested early this morning near Perpignan by investigators from the Territorial Directorate of the Montpellier Judicial Police in execution of an arrest warrant issued by an examining magistrate”, indicated to the AFP the public prosecutor, Fabrice Bélargent, confirming information from France 3 Occitanie television.

According to France 3 Occitanie, the man would be 20 years old and would have returned from Spain in the night. He will be presented Tuesday during the day to the investigating magistrate for his probable indictment in the context of an open investigation for “aggravated fatal blows in this case with a weapon” (the vehicle).

For the family, “it is a great relief because we now know that he is arrested and that justice will be done, that he will be punished, that he will receive, I hope, a sentence worthy of of what he committed”, reacted to AFP Saïd, Aymen’s brother, who died at 14.

11:20 am: Update on what we know this morning

The man suspected of having fatally mowed down a teenager in Montpellier in mid-December during the celebrations of the World Cup semi-final between France and Morocco, was arrested on Tuesday near Perpignan, the Montpellier prosecutor’s office announced.

“The defendant was arrested early this morning near Perpignan by investigators from the Territorial Directorate of the Montpellier Judicial Police in execution of an arrest warrant issued by an examining magistrate”, indicated to the AFP the public prosecutor, Fabrice Bélargent, confirming information from France 3 Occitanie.

The driver had fled on the night of December 15 after hitting 14-year-old Aymen in circumstances that have yet to be clarified in the disadvantaged district of La Paillade, in the north-west of Montpellier. This drama had aroused great emotion in Montpellier where a thousand people marched last Tuesday, white roses in hand to pay a last tribute to the teenager.

10:33 a.m.: The driver of the vehicle had fled after colliding with the 14-year-old boy. The teenager died shortly after his medical treatment. “The disappearance of Aymen plunges us into a terrible ordeal,” reacted his family in a statement communicated, at his request, by the town hall of Montpellier.

“We call for the greatest calm and express our confidence in the institutions of the Republic, police, justice” she added, asking the media to respect her “mourning” and her “privacy”.

The vehicle was found near the scene of the accident, according to the prefecture, which said in a statement that “the police investigation is progressing rapidly under the direction of the prosecution”.

10:06 a.m .: The driver suspected of having knocked down the young Aymen in Montpellier after France / Morocco was arrested. He was arrested this morning at 6 a.m. at the Spanish border, indicates a source familiar with the matter at Parisian. According to France 3the individual is 20 years old. He had returned from Spain during the night.