An investigation of flagrance for intentional homicide was opened this Saturday, December 25 after the death during the night of a man taken in charge in a hospital in Tours for serious injuries caused, in all likelihood, by stabbing, has t -on with the parquet floor of Tours at midday.
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Aged 22, the victim was, during the night, "
transported by a person to the hospital with a priori stab wounds
", indicated the public prosecutor of Tours Grégoire Dulin.
The latter was taken care of "
between 11:30 p.m. and midnight
" at the Alliance Saint-Cyr clinic located in the agglomeration of Tours and "
died between 11:30 p.m. and half past midnight
", detailed the magistrate.
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According to a police source at AFP, the victim presented "
significant wounds which pierced him through and through
".
"
The hypothesis of the use of a saber or a bayonet
" was raised by the emergency services, added this source.
The driver also said he was traveling by car when the victim appeared in front of him in the town of La Riche and begged him to drive him to the hospital, according to the same source, specifying that the Judicial Police of Tours is capture.
The investigators
"study all the hypotheses"
The prosecutor was not able to specify at this stage the number of beatings to the victim.
Investigators
"are studying all the hypotheses,"
he said, while the motive for the crime is still unknown.
The autopsy "
will take place a priori Monday,
" he said.
On Saturday morning, three people were in police custody, including the driver who drove the deceased man to hospital.
The investigations were entrusted to the branch of the judicial police of Tours.
