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French prosecutors are questioning a man over the death of a football fan killed near a fanzone showing the France-Germany Euro 2016 semi-final, they said Sunday.
The victim, aged around 60, was hit in the face with a cast iron table on the fringes of a fight in the eastern town of Belfort, and died of his injuries in hospital later.
The area’s deputy prosecutor Lionel Pascal told AFP the 21-year-old suspect was under investigation for involuntary killing and had admitted “throwing the table” on Thursday night.
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He told prosecutors he had not seen the victim and had not intended to hit him, Pascal said.
A police source said the fight broke out over a trivial matter and had nothing to do with the football match, which France won 2-0.
Four other suspects are to be prosecuted for aggravated violence, Pascal said.
