A migrant died Thursday February 8, 2024 of an electrocution after climbing onto the roof of a Eurostar train, stopped on a track at the Gare du Nord in Paris, we learned on Friday from a police source and with the prosecution.
According to a police source, a man crossed the tracks on Thursday around 10 p.m. then climbed onto the roof of a parked Eurostar train.
He was
“electrified”
and died on the spot around 10:30 p.m.
After viewing the video surveillance cameras, the police established that the victim was a migrant, according to the police source, indicating that the condition of the victim's body did not allow him to be identified.
An investigation into the causes of death was opened by the Paris prosecutor's office, which specifies that the border police at the Gare du Nord are responsible for the investigations.