The husband of a young woman found dead in Saint-Raphaël (Var) on December 24 was arrested on Saturday in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis), after two weeks on the run, the prosecution said on Sunday. Draguignan, stating that the man was injured during this operation.
The man, a 39-year-old Tunisian, had left Var with the couple's three children a few days before the discovery of the lifeless body of his 31-year-old wife, also of Tunisian nationality, in their apartment in Saint-Raphaël.
The autopsy had put the date of death back to December 20 or 21.
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The examination of the young woman's body had "
revealed possible traces of strangulation and hematomas on the face
", explained the public prosecutor of Draguignan, Patrice Camberou.
Confirming initial information from the Actu 17 news site, the magistrate told AFP that the arrest of the husband was carried out on Saturday around 7 p.m., in an apartment in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, by the research and investigation brigade. intervention (BRI) of Seine-Saint-Denis.
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He greeted them by threatening them with a handgun
" and the BRI fired a first shot, detailed the Bobigny prosecution to AFP.
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He continued to threaten them by shouting + Allah akbar + and there was a shot again from the BRI
", continued this source, specifying that the man was "
hit in the hand and at the level of the jugular
" .
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Two other people were present in the apartment with the husband at the time, who were also arrested.
A fourth arrest took place outside the apartment.
After the discovery of the body, an investigation for intentional homicide had been opened, entrusted to the judicial police of Toulon.
Since then, a judicial investigation has been opened, with referral to an investigating judge.
For now, no trace of the couple's three children has been found by investigators.
The family was trying to regularize their situation in France.