the very disturbing elements in the profiles of the people arrested

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Less than a week after the disappearance of Sihem Belouahmia, 18, the Gard gendarmerie announced that they had placed two suspects in police custody. The young woman has still not given any news.

Sihem Belouahmia is not found for a week now. The young woman left, on Wednesday January 25, at 11 p.m., the home of her grandmother Fatima, located in Salles-du-Gardon (Gard), ten kilometers from Alès, leaving the front door open. The call for witnesses launched on January 27 by the Gard gendarmerie yielded nothing. Monday, January 30, the public prosecutor of Alès announced the opening of an investigation for kidnapping and forcible confinementdue to a disturbing disappearance, reports The Parisian. But a track seems to emerge: according to the Ile-de-France daily, two suspects were arrested and taken into custody this January 31.

Their profiles are troubling to say the least. The first suspect, Mahfoud H., would be close to Sihem. Already known to justice, the 39-year-old man, also a native of Salles-du-Gardon, was sentenced in 2015 with two accomplices to twelve years in prison for organized gang thefts and armed robberies. This Wednesday, February 1, he must appear before the Assize Court of Gard for a home confinement case. According to The ParisianSihem would be victim of the influence of this man to the “bad boy” profile. On the evening of her disappearance, the teenager is said to have boarded her vehicle, making him the last person to have seen her. Two searches were also carried out at his home., the day of his custody. The other person arrested is none other than the ex-girlfriend of Mahfoud H.

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Research still in progress

Since Friday, January 27, several people were interviewed as part of the investigation, including a young man close to the family. On Sunday January 29, research was also carried out by investigators around Salles-du-Gardon. This Wednesday, February 1, seven days after the disappearance of Sihem without release, the investigation must pass to the criminal pole of the parquet floor of Nîmes.

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