"The neighbour saw several gendarmerie cars arrive next to his house. We do not really know what happened, but we know that there is a victim, says Monday evening the mayor of Grandrû, Jean-Claude Boisselier. It is in a house, in the heart of the village, rue du Marais-Le-Bas. The couple, two men, had lived here for a good ten years. One was retired, the other was not working. They weren't talked about too much. »
This Monday, late afternoon, the latter two were at the center of all concerns, in this village of Noyonnais of 375 inhabitants. One of them, aged 48, was arrested at his home and taken into custody. He allegedly stabbed his 66-year-old boyfriend, with whom he lived, four times.
"An investigation in flagrance has been opened for attempted homicide, says Marie-Céline Lawrysz, prosecutor of the Republic of Compiègne. For now, it is not clear if they were in a relationship or if one hosted the other. It is the research brigade of Compiègne that leads the investigation. »
The suspect holed up in the basement of his home
The suspect was the subject of a turbulent arrest, having taken refuge in his home. The gendarmes had to break the door of his home and found him hidden in the cellar. According to a source close to the investigation, the attacker, once flushed out, made incoherent remarks...
"He said he wanted to kill the devil," says the prosecutor of Compiègne. Alcohol and toxicology analyses were launched, the results of which were not yet known at the end of the day. A psychiatric expertise is also envisaged.
The victim, still conscious when the gendarmes arrived, unfortunately saw his health deteriorate rapidly. "His prognosis is life-threatening," says a soldier. "She was transported, by ambulance, to the Coeur de Picardie stadium in Noyon, from where she was helicoptered to the Amiens hospital."
The sexagenarian would have been stabbed in the chest, the rest of his wounds would be defensive. "There were several wounds, confirms the prosecutor of the Republic, several cuts. But at this stage of the investigation, we do not know more. »
