Following the death of Father Olivier Maire, killed on the night of Sunday August 8 to Monday August 9 in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, in Vendée, a judicial investigation against X of the head of "assassination" was opened , said Thursday, August 19 in a statement the prosecutor of La Roche-sur-Yon.
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Initially, an investigation had been opened for "voluntary homicide", the autopsy revealing that many
"violent blows"
had been brought to the head of the priest.
The man had come to denounce himself
The prosecution also indicated that the main suspect, Emmanuel Abayisenga, who was hosted by the priest within the community of Montfort missionaries of Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, was still hospitalized in psychiatry.
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The man of Rwandan origin was first taken into custody when he came to report himself to the gendarmerie, the day after the priest's death.
His police custody was subsequently lifted for “
incompatibility with his state of health
”.