A woman from Bangladesh was killed on the night of Tuesday August 3 to Wednesday August 4 in La Flèche (Sarthe) and two men were injured, probably by stabbing, during a "
violent assault
", announced the public prosecutor's office. Mans.
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"
The soldiers of the company of the gendarmerie of La Flèche were called to intervene at the home of a couple from Bangladesh, who had just been the subject of a violent attack
", indicated Wednesday morning Delphine Dewailly, public prosecutor du Mans, in a press release. "
On the spot, they noted the death of a young woman, as well as the presence of her husband and a friend, both injured
", she added, specifying that the two men did not appear in danger of death. "
The blows appear to have been carried with a knife,
" she said.
Three children, aged two, five and eight, were first taken to shelter with a neighbor by the spouse of the killed woman and then transferred to child welfare services, after the same source.
A judicial investigation for murder and attempted murder was opened and entrusted to the Sarthe gendarmerie group.
An autopsy of the victim should be performed.