A 24-year-old Tunisian was placed in pre-trial detention and indicted for murder after the death of a 28-year-old compatriot, fatally stabbed Friday, October 7 in Montargis (Loiret), announced the Orleans prosecutor's office.
Friday evening, police found that a man, lying on the public highway, had a five-centimeter wound in the chest, possibly caused by a knife.
The victim died Saturday morning from his injuries.
A 24-year-old Tunisian, who went to the hospital where the victim was, was taken into custody.
The suspect confessed
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The man presented to the investigating judge and then to the judge of freedoms and detention was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention
,” said Emmanuelle Bochenek-Puren, public prosecutor of Orleans in a press release on Monday.
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During his hearing before the police, he admitted to being the author of the stab wound to the deceased victim, while denying having intended to kill her
”, according to the same source.
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According to the first elements collected, the victim and the alleged murderer were both in an irregular situation.
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Under the identities declared at this stage, the person in question is unknown to the police and gendarmerie services, the victim was the subject of unfavorable mentions on the files consulted
”, specified the prosecutor.
