Paris: two women killed in an apartment, a suspect arrested (Illustration) -

E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes

According to the first elements of the investigation, the double murder was caused by a family dispute.

On Wednesday, a man suspected of killing two women in an apartment in Paris on Wednesday was arrested and taken into custody, we learned from the prosecution and from a source close to the case.

The investigation for "intentional homicides" was entrusted to the 2nd district of the Paris judicial police (2nd DPJ), said the prosecution, confirming information from

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A neighbor alerts the emergency services

It was a neighbor who alerted the emergency services at the end of the day "after hearing cries" in this building in the Belleville district in the 20th arrondissement, said the source close to the case.

On the spot, the police discovered a man covered in blood and the two victims, one had "an object stuck in the skull" and the other, "in cardiopulmonary arrest", that the emergency services could not revive, a we detailed the same source.

The suspect was immediately arrested and taken into police custody.

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