The night of Friday January 6, 2023, saw a drama unfold in the small town of Montreuil-sur-Barse in Aube. A father attacked his two twins and their mother with an ax before setting fire to their home. The man has since been sought, but remains untraceable, a call for witnesses is launched to find him.
While France is still shaken by the disappearance of Kevin Trompat and Leslie Hoorelbeck, it is a new news item that has shaken the department of Aube. It is on the night of Friday 6 to Saturday 7 January in a Montreuil-sur-Barse housea small town near Troyes, that the facts took place. A 46-year-old father violently attacked his two eleven-year-old twins with an ax revealed Julie Bernier, the public prosecutor of Troyes.
” They are seriously injured. They were medically taken care of. They were hospitalized and brought to safety. she adds during a press conference organized this Sunday, January 8, 2023. mom of the two young children and spouse of the man in question tried to intervene between her husband and her twins, she is also injured, but more lightly than her children. Once his crime was committed, the forties thenburned down the house where his children were still before fleeing.
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Rapid intervention by police and neighbors
It was the completely shaken mother who managed to call the gendarmes on the night of the events around midnight to help them. ” The gendarmes were able to rescue the children and the woman with the help of residents who were there.forming a chain and a human ladder to retrieve the children on the first floor of the dwelling” indicated Colonel François Goetz.
It was after rescuing the family that about thirty gendarmes were deployed to find the father of the family, as well as about fifty soldiers, and a helicopter for aerial reconnaissance. Of the unsuccessful searches since he still cannot be found despite the discovery of his car only a few kilometers from their home.Traces of blood were also found in the car, which would indicate that the fleeing man is injured.
An investigation has been opened by the Troyes prosecutor’s office for attempted murder and destruction by fire. All persons who would be able to provide certain information to the police are called upon tocontact the gendarmerie on 06 43 77 24 09 or dial 17 in case of emergency.