A 37-year-old man, who broke into the home of a resident of Lanhélin (Ille-et-Vilaine), was shot and killed by the occupant of this accommodation, we learned from the prosecutor's office on Saturday from Saint-Malo.
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It appears that the victim entered the home of the alleged perpetrator.
All this ends with a shot probably with a hunting rifle, in any case of the large caliber insofar as the victim was ejected under the recoil towards the outside ”,
indicated to AFP the prosecutor of Saint-Malo Christine Le Crom, confirming information from
Ouest-France
.
The 62-year-old alleged perpetrator was "
a priori the victim of a burglary last week in a context which remains to be determined"
and was taken into police custody, added Christine Le Crom.
The victim has multiple criminal records, according to the same source.
The gendarmerie was notified of these facts at 5.45 am on Saturday.