After the death of a man on the night of Friday to Saturday, December 25, an investigation for intentional homicide was opened, announced the prosecutor of Tours (Indre-et-Loire).
The victim, aged 22 or 23, had been “transported by a person to the hospital with a priori stab wounds”, said the public prosecutor of Tours, Grégoire Dublin.
Supported by the Alliance clinic in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, around 11:30 pm, the young man who could be identified, finally succumbed to his injuries “between 11:30 pm and half past midnight” also indicated Grégoire Dublin.
If a police source specified that the victim presented “significant wounds which pierced her right through”, the Tours prosecutor however denied the hypothesis “of the use of a saber or a bayonet », Which had been mentioned by this same source.
An ongoing investigation
The magistrate informed that it was still too early to determine the number of blows carried on the victim, however an autopsy “will take place in principle Monday”. In the meantime, the prosecution and investigators continue “to study all the hypotheses”.
As part of the investigation, three people were taken into police custody on Saturday morning, including the driver who drove the victim to hospital. By the end of the afternoon the custody was lifted, shared Mr. Dublin.
The mayor of the small town of La Riche, located just next to Tours, said the victim was a young man who belonged to “a family respected by everyone in La Riche”.
According to France 3, he also indicated that the town hall was available to residents of the neighborhood who wish to send their condolences to the family of the victim.