This Friday, a couple in their eighties were found dead in their apartment on Boulevard Camille Flammarion in the 4th arrondissement of Marseille,
Le Figaro
learned from consistent sources, confirming information from BFM Marseille.
According to Marseille firefighters, the couple died from a firearm.
“According to the first elements collected by investigators, the 89-year-old man shot his 85-year-old wife then committed suicide with the same weapon,”
the Marseille prosecutor's office
told Le
Figaro .
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Voluntary homicide by spouse
An investigation was opened for intentional homicide by a spouse, in order to establish the exact course of events and the circumstances in which they occurred.