An investigation into intentional homicide was opened on Thursday June 30 after the death of a soldier from the 16th battalion of foot hunters (BCP) based in Bitche (Moselle), hit by a firearm early in the morning, announced the prosecution. from Metz.
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A soldier voluntarily killed another soldier
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The respondent has been in police custody since this morning
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The facts occurred around 07:00 in the morning at the Bitche camp.
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The circumstances and the motive remain to be clarified
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The victim was born in 1997, the suspect in 1998. The investigation was entrusted to the Metz research section and the Sarreguemines gendarmerie research brigade, said the prosecutor.
