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Their perseverance will have avoided a tragedy.
Sunday, at the end of the day, the gendarmes of Loire-Atlantique received a worrying telephone call.
It came from a member of the parish of Vigneux-de-Bretagne, a town located 25 kilometers northwest of Nantes.
This individual had been contacted by telephone, shortly before, by a local man who had expressed his current discomfort and
"who hinted that he was going to end his life"
, says a source close to the investigation. at
Figaro
.
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In the process, three soldiers from the Sautron brigade, a nearby town, were mobilized.
Research carried out makes it possible to identify the residence of the person at the origin of the first call.
It is then around 7 p.m.
Arrived on the spot, the gendarmes knock on the door.
A man opens them but closes immediately when he sees them.
"He explained that he didn't need them
," says the same source.
Through a window, the police see that he is heading for his garage.
They continue to exchange with him in vain because the latter does not answer.
First aid gestures
The gendarmes decide to go back and knock on the front door.
This time, it is the individual's daughter who opens the door.
She explains that her father is
"depressive"
following a breakup.
Words that reinforce the concern of the military.
They go around the house.
That's when one of them hears a noise in the garage.
Thanks to a flashlight, they manage to see through a small window that the man is hanging himself.
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Faced with the urgency of the situation, the police
"kicked down a door"
.
They then hasten to pick up the individual who is inanimate then lavish him with first aid gestures while waiting for the arrival of the firefighters.
“At the time of his support by the relief, the man had good constant”
, specifies the source close to the file.
“The gendarmes had a very good instinct by persevering in wanting to speak with this man and then helping him,”
she adds to salute their act.