Homeless man, 50, found dead under the Bougainville metro footbridge, in the third arrondissement of Marseille. Victim, a homeless man, had a swollen face and was partially naked.
Police managed to identify a man who had searched the homeless man's personal effects, before violently kicking him in the face, until jumping with both feet on his head. A 25-year-old Guinean subject to an OQTF was placed in police custody as part of this investigation opened for homicide by the Marseille prosecutor's office. The events took place during the night from Thursday to Friday, around 1 a.m. The victim was allegedly assaulted after an attempted theft, according to police sources in Marseille and La Provence. The investigation into the death has been opened by Marseille Prosecutor's Office and is being investigated by the French National Police (SNP) and the National Court of Justice (NCJ) The victim's clothes were found not far from him.