A 71-year-old former legionnaire was indicted this Friday, September 30 for the murder at the end of August in Lectoure, in the Gers, of a 61-year-old man, and placed in pre-trial detention, we learned from concordant sources. .
The man was arrested by the gendarmes on Wednesday near Limoux (Aude), before being placed in police custody in Auch, the Agen prosecutor's office told AFP.
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According to a source close to the investigation, it is a former legionnaire.
Investigators blame him for the shooting of a villager from Lectoure on August 27.
His body was found at his home a few days after the incident.
First led by the public prosecutor of Auch, the investigation was then taken over by an investigating judge from the criminal center of Agen.
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