A judicial investigation for intentional homicide was opened after the death on Saturday of a 37-year-old man by gunshot in Lanhélin (Ille-et-Vilaine), we learned from the Rennes prosecutor's office.
The person behind the fatal shot "
was referred to the Rennes prosecutor's office
" and a judicial investigation was opened under the qualification of intentional homicide, Rennes prosecutor Philippe told AFP on Sunday. Astruc.
The prosecution requested that he be placed in pre-trial detention.
According to the prosecutor, "
it is now necessary to specify in what context and for what reason the victim entered the home of the accused at night before being killed there by a shot from a hunting weapon
".
The respondent, aged 62, is "
very well known to the judicial institution
", according to the same source.
According to the Saint-Malo prosecutor's office, which was relieved of the case on Sunday for the benefit of the criminal department of the Rennes court, the victim also had multiple criminal records.
