Summary Sister of one of two Europeans lynched in Madagascar has lodged a complaint in France for murder.
GRENOBLE (AFP) - The sister of one of two Europeans lynched in Madagascar has lodged a complaint in France for murder, torture and barbarism, the prosecution said Saturday.
On October 3, Franco-Italian Roberto Gianfalla and a Frenchman were mobbed by locals and burned to death on a beach ringed by bars and hotels on the holiday island of Nosy Be.
A local man was also killed by a rampaging mob hours after the foreigners were slain.
The violence was sparked by rumours the two Europeans had sexually abused, killed and mutilated a local boy found dead on a beach.
Gianfalla s sister filed her complaint on Monday with the police in Annecy, eastern France, said prosecutor Eric Maillaud.
The prosecution in Bobigny north of Paris have also opened a preliminary enquiry to investigate the death of the Frenchman.
Madagascar police have charged two local men over the lynching of the two Europeans. No suspect has yet been arrested over the murder of the third man.
Eleven others are also being charged for rioting and attacking police barracks the night before the lynchings.
