France: decapitated woman found

A decapitated woman was found in France.

The police give the first details.

Agde - A gruesome discovery has taken place in France: Police officers found a decapitated woman in the southern French city of Agde.

The 77-year-old dead woman was in her apartment.

The woman's head was on the kitchen table, according to a report in the Le Figaro newspaper.

Her son had alerted the police when he could no longer reach his mother.

There were no indications of a break-in, it said.

The exact circumstances of the act were initially unclear.

(tu / dpa)