Two men, aged 50 and 38, were arrested by the GIGN on Sunday afternoon in the small village of Saint-Thurial, about twenty kilometers from Rennes,
Le Figaro
learned from the public prosecutor, confirming a information from
Ouest-France
.
They are suspected of having beaten two thirty-year-olds, one of whom died from his injuries.
During the night from Saturday to Sunday, two men - aged 30 and 38 - arrived by car near Saint-Thurial when a vehicle crossed their path.
Two individuals come out with a baseball bat and beat them before fleeing.
When help arrived, it was too late to help the 30-year-old victim, who died instantly.
This resident of Monterfil, a neighboring town of Saint-Thurial,
“was very involved in local life and was going to be a father,”
reacted David Moizan, mayor of Saint-Thurial, to France 3.
Unknown to the police
The second victim was transported to the emergency room and
“his days do not appear to be in danger”
, underlines prosecutor Philippe Astruc who opened an investigation for
“intentional homicide”
and
“violence with a weapon”
.
According to the mayor,
"the two men were friends and neither of them had been talked about before."
At this stage,
“the reasons for the altercation have not been established
,” the prosecutor tells us.
The two suspects were placed in police custody after being arrested by the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) which had discreetly deployed around their home, “not far from the facts”.
Investigations continue, entrusted to the research brigade of the Montfort-sur-Meu gendarmerie company.