French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu summoned the interior minister, the justice minister and others on Friday over the case of a missing 11-year-old girl that has sparked an outcry over judicial missteps and missed opportunities to intervene, the government said. Lyhanna, currently identified only by her first name, was reported missing in her small southern French town of Fleurance on May 29 after she left her middle school in the afternoon. The suspect arrested in the case, the father of one of her classmates, had been the subject of several complaints of sexual assault against children.
Outcry over judicial missteps linked to missing girl prompts French govt reckoning
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Thu 16:26 - The Guardian
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Thu 21:05 - France 24
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Fri 10:10 - France 24
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Fri 11:32 - BBC Europe
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Fri 13:31 - Euronews
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Fri 14:07 - France 24
Outcry over judicial missteps linked to missing girl prompts French govt reckoning