Europe 1 with AFP 10:39 a.m., June 23, 2022

On Wednesday evening, a former soldier shot a man in the head who refused to give him a cigarette.

The 45-year-old victim was hospitalized while the GIGN apprehended the shooter, confined to his home in the town of Bessières.

The witnesses are heard this Thursday.

An ex-soldier shot Wednesday evening near Toulouse a bullet in the head of a man who allegedly refused to give him a cigarette, before being arrested at his home by the GIGN, we learned from the prosecution. From toulouse.

The 45-year-old victim was hospitalized and was in critical condition Thursday morning.

The shooter "was quickly located, contact was established shortly before 4:00 a.m. and then he was arrested by the GIGN," Toulouse prosecutor Samuel Vuelta-Simon told AFP.

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Intervention of the GIGN

According to the prosecution and sources close to the investigation, the scene took place shortly after 8 p.m. on a bank of the Tarn, in Bessières, 30 km from Toulouse.

The 49-year-old shooter then took refuge in his house, in the center of this town of 4,000 inhabitants.

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The perimeter was cordoned off overnight from Wednesday to Thursday around the house.

Around 6:40 a.m., gendarmes from the GIGN, from Paris and Toulouse, intervened and were able to arrest the former soldier, who lived alone with his dog.

Thursday, witnesses were to be heard by investigators.