The first elements of the attempted homicide committed this Monday evening in the north of Noyonnais, in Grandrû, suggested a suspect in a fragile psychological state. This was confirmed on Tuesday when the man was confronted with doctors. "He was found to be incompatible with the police custody regime. It was therefore lifted before he was interned at the Henri-Theillou psychotherapeutic center in Compiègne, "says a source close to the case.
Aged 48, this resident of the village of Grandrû is suspected of attempted homicide on the person who shared his life, a 66-year-old pensioner with whom he lived in this commune of just under 400 inhabitants for about ten years. The victim, who suffers from a pneumothorax was Monday, between life and death. If his state of health has stabilized this Tuesday according to the prosecutor's office of Compiègne, it remains no less worrying.
Incoherent and satanic speech
It was at the end of the afternoon, around 17:30 p.m., on Monday, that the victim panicked out of his home, climbed his fence and rushed, bleeding, to neighbors. He says he was stabbed. Hit in the arms and chest, the emergency services will try to stabilize him before deciding to have him helicoptered to the hospital of Amiens (Somme). "He was conscious when we arrived, but his condition deteriorated quickly. He was stabbed four times. If the injuries to the hands and arms are defensive, the one to the chest seems voluntary, "says a gendarme.
When the soldiers of the Gendarmerie Surveillance and Intervention Platoon (PSIG) arrived, the suspect took refuge in his home. They must break into the home by breaking the door. The man is found in the cellar. He makes incoherent and satanic statements, but allows himself to be challenged without violence or rebellion. He explains in a disjointed way to the gendarmes that he wanted to "kill the devil".
The two men are described in the village as being a bit "apart". "They didn't really mix with the residents," says Mayor Jean-Claude Boisselier. The alleged perpetrator of the stabbings had been hosted by the pensioner a few years ago. He would have been known to have mental disorders. The Compiègne research brigade, in charge of the investigation, is waiting to question both the perpetrator and the victim.