Dunkirk: a fifty-year-old indicted for the murder of a young man

A 50-year-old was charged with "repeat murder" and placed in pre-trial detention this Sunday, February 16, after the death in hospital of a 24-year-old young man who was stabbed Saturday in Dunkirk, a learned AFP from the prosecution.

The victim had been assaulted with a stabbing weapon at around two in the morning on the Allies seawall, opposite Malo-les-Bains beach, which is lined with bars and restaurants. At least three people were then with him and had witnessed the facts, according to the prosecution.

Father and son arrested

Two men, a fifties " born in 1961 " and his son, were quickly arrested and placed in police custody. The fifties, " suspected of having carried out the fatal stabbing " and already convicted in 2001 for murder, was indicted Sunday evening for "repeat murder". He had been released from prison " for several years ".

Her son, born in 1992, who " was also in possession of a knife ", is prosecuted for " a related offense of carrying a prohibited weapon ", detailed the prosecution. He was placed under judicial supervision.

" The suspect was alcoholic at the time of the facts, " added the prosecution, adding that the attack seems to have been committed " without premeditation " and " for a futile reason ".

Read also: Dunkirk: four teenagers indicted for attempted murder