Three people were taken into custody on Saturday morning, including the driver who transported the victim to hospital. They were released at the end of the afternoon.
An investigation of flagrance for intentional homicide was opened this Saturday, December 25 after the death during the night of a man taken in charge in a hospital in Tours for serious injuries caused, in all likelihood, by stabbing, has t -on with the parquet floor of Tours at midday.
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The 22-year-old victim was “transported by a person to the hospital with a priori stab wounds», Indicated the public prosecutor of Tours Grégoire Dulin. The latter was taken care of “between 11:30 p.m. and midnight“At the Alliance Saint-Cyr clinic located in the agglomeration of Tours and is”died between 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m.», Detailed the magistrate.
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According to a police source at AFP, the victim presented “serious wounds that pierced him through and through“. “The hypothesis of the use of a saber or a bayonetWas mentioned by the emergency services, added this source. The driver also reportedly said he was driving when the victim appeared in front of him in the town of La Riche and begged him to drive her to hospital, according to the same source.
Investigators “Study all the hypotheses”
If a police source mentions seven stab wounds carried to the victim, the prosecutor Dulin is not able to specify this information at this stage of the investigation. Investigators “Study all the hypotheses”, he said while we still do not know the motive of the crime. The autopsy “will take place on Monday“, he added.
On Saturday morning, three people were in police custody, including the driver who drove the deceased man to hospital. These police custody were lifted at the end of the afternoon. The investigations were entrusted to the branch of the judicial police of Tours.
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