Knife murder in the early morning in the city.
A man was arrested Thursday morning at his home in Clichy-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis).
He is suspected of stabbing another man to death in the lobby of his building.
Around 5:40 a.m., the police were called to 4 Bois du Temple residence by a resident who had just discovered an injured man lying in the common areas.
When help arrived, the victim, aged around thirty, had already stopped breathing.
She has several knife wounds.
The firefighters tried to resuscitate him, in vain, at 6:15 a.m. the doctor declared this person officially dead.
Investigators from the Seine-Saint-Denis departmental judicial police service join their colleagues on site to make initial findings.
They follow traces of blood which lead to the door of an apartment located on the sixth floor.
The officials knock on the door.
A suspect is inside.
He refuses to open before attempting to block access to his accommodation.
Traces of blood on the suspect
“He was finally arrested and the police noticed that he was still stained with traces of blood,” underlines a source close to the case.
The first findings indicate that he is the alleged perpetrator of the homicide.”
He was placed in police custody in the Bobigny judicial police premises.
These hearings have started and should end this Friday evening.
For the moment, the motive for this crime remains unknown.
The prosecution still has twenty-four hours before making a decision on the action to be taken in this matter.