Young shot dead in Angoulême: two suspects indicted

Two young people in their twenties were indicted on Friday in Angoulême in the investigation into the murder of a young man killed Monday with a hunting rifle in a working-class neighborhood, against the backdrop of a narcotics transaction that "

", announced the public prosecutor to AFP.

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At the end of their custody, the Angoulême public prosecutor's office opened a judicial investigation and requested their indictment with pre-trial detention.

The first, 20 years old, and who went to the police on Wednesday evening, was indicted by an examining magistrate for "

" and "

", said Stéphanie Aouine, prosecutor of the Republic of Angoulême to an AFP correspondent.

Arrested in the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the other man in his twenties was indicted for "

" and "

".

He was present at the scene of the tragedy which took place Monday afternoon at the bottom of a building in the Basseau district, a district known as "

".

At this stage, the context favored by the investigators is "

", according to the magistrate.

The two young Charentais, domiciled in the agglomeration of Angoulême, "

", specified the prosecutor.

They were to be presented Friday evening to the judge of freedom and detention who will have to rule on a possible provisional imprisonment.

Aged twenty years, the victim, who resided in the neighboring department of Charente-Maritime, was also known to the police and justice for acts of drug trafficking.

Hit in several areas of the body, from the chest to the knees, he died of internal bleeding caused by "

", according to Ms. Aouine.

"

", explained the prosecutor.

Additional investigations will be carried out by the Angoulême police in co-operation with the Limoges judicial police.

Another man arrested Wednesday evening was released the next day, his presence on the scene could not be established.