The drama took place on Saturday in the village of Salagnac, in Dordogne. The suspect, who said he shot his son with his shotgun while in police custody, however denied the intentional nature of this gesture.
Le Figaro Bordeaux
The circumstances of this family drama are still unclear. Saturday in Salagnac, a village of less than 800 inhabitants located in the Dordogne, an 86-year-old man was arrested at 8:40 a.m. after the discovery at his home of the lifeless body of his son. The 59-year-old victim was shot in the head. She was dead when the emergency services arrived, who could only confirm her death. The suspect, who said he shot the deceased with his hunting rifle while in police custody, however denies the intentional nature of this gesture.
“He says he didn’t want to kill his son“, specifies to the Figaro Solène Belaouar-Faou, the public prosecutor of Périgueux. The investigations favor for the moment the thesis of the dispute, according to the prosecution. There was indeedtensionsbetween the father and his son who lived under the same roof. However, the causes of the probable grievance remain to be clarified, in particular because of the “ old ageof the suspect, who is “a bit sick“.
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“He is very confused.It gives different successive versions“Explains the magistrate Solène Belaouar-Faou. This individual, a priori without a criminal record and holder of a hunting license, was to be presented to an investigating judge on Monday afternoon.
A judicial investigation with a view to an indictment has been opened by the public prosecutor on the count of intentional homicide. She also requested a provisional detention of the octogenarian.
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