Europe 1 with AFP 11:09 a.m., December 27, 2022, modified at 11:14 a.m., December 27, 2022

A suspect was arrested on Tuesday by the police, in connection with the death of a teenager who was fatally knocked down in Montpellier on the sidelines of a football match during the 2022 World Cup.

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.

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