Hundreds gathered for the funeral of an 11-year-old schoolgirl in Fleurance, France, whose suspected murder has sparked national outrage over failures within the judicial system.

Flags flew at half-mast at the town hall in Fleurance in southwestern France on Friday as hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Lyhanna, an 11-year-old schoolgirl whose suspected murder sparked national outrage over the exposed failures in the judicial system.