French man charged with rape, murder of schoolgirl Lyhanna

A French man has been charged with the rape and murder of an eleven-year-old girl whose body was found in the Gers region of southwestern France, RFI English reports. According to RFI English, the case has sparked nationwide protests and renewed scrutiny of the French justice system, after it emerged that the suspect had previously been accused of raping another child.

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