The Vesoul public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation for "
voluntary homicide
" after the discovery, Wednesday evening in a village of Haute-Saône, of the body of a 19-year-old young man suffering from several stab wounds, AFP learned. Thursday August 19 from judicial source.
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The body of the victim was discovered by a witness around 9 p.m., near a pond in Plancher-Bas, in the east of the department, said the deputy prosecutor of Vesoul, Stéphane Clément, confirming information from France Bleu Besancon.
Several attackers?
The victim was domiciled in the department of Indre-et-Loire, he added, and an autopsy will be performed on Friday.
According to a source close to the investigation, "
a priori, there could be several attackers
", this remains however "
to be verified
".
The unfolding of the facts and the motive are for the moment "
nebulous
", added the same source.
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The investigation was entrusted to the research section of the gendarmerie of Besançon and to the research brigade of Lure (Haute-Saône).
No suspect had yet been arrested this Thursday morning.
