A 26-year-old man was fatally stabbed on Wednesday February 3 in the town of Mons, near Draguignan (Var), reports France Bleu Provence.
At this stage, no lead is favored by the investigators.
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It was the victim's companion who reported the scene.
In the early evening Wednesday, the one who was resting in her bed, recovering from a surgical operation, said she heard a noise and got up to meet her companion, present at her home.
Another man, dressed in a hoodie, which she says she has never seen before, then stabs the 26-year-old in the throat, then several blows to the chest.
According to the woman who testifies, despite efforts to flee her attacker, the victim is caught outside the house and receives further stab wounds.
He dies while his assassin flees.
Draguignan public prosecutor Patrice Camberou said the deceased "
had just finished his engineering studies and was looking for a job
".
His personal accommodation was located in the neighboring town of Fayence.
The mayor of the town of Mons detailed, shocked, that "
he has never been to school in Mons, but he came all the time, and with his partner they had known each other from a young age
".
“
No hypothesis is favored at this stage of the investigation.
We have ruled out a possible relationship with the companion.
There are many avenues, including a burglar, an affair of the heart or even a story of narcotics,
”specifies the Draguignan prosecutor's office.
The current investigation is in the hands of the research section and the research brigade of the same city.
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