Three men are currently wanted by the police, suspected of having kidnapped and tortured a young unemployed man at his home on Friday evening in Roanne (Loire), before robbing him, AFP learned on Tuesday January 25 from the city prosecutor's office. .
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A flagrant investigation for armed robbery, kidnapping, acts of torture and barbarity was entrusted to the judicial police on Saturday
,” Abdelkrim Grini, the public prosecutor of Roanne, told AFP.
The man burned and beaten with a hammer
Friday evening, three hooded men carrying a handgun burst into the apartment of the victim, aged 22, who was then alone.
They threatened her with death, beat her with a hammer and burned her with a hair straightener.
The torturers also immersed the young man's head in water after having partially shaved it.
Arrived on the spot around 10:30 p.m., his companion, aged 24, employed in a fast food restaurant, was allegedly abused to a lesser extent, then tied up.
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The three suspects, whom the couple claims not to know, left with 3,000 euros in cash and various objects belonging to them (telephones, watch, game console... etc.) "
in this serious case whose motive seems to be villainous
" , said the same source.
No one has since been arrested.