Gendarmerie illustration. - ALLILI MOURAD / SIPA

An octogenarian man was arrested on Saturday in Ars-sur-Moselle (Moselle) and hospitalized in psychiatry, after the discovery of the body of his wife at their home, we learned from the prosecution of Metz.

“This morning in Ars-sur-Moselle was discovered an octogenarian lady who died in violent conditions. Her husband, also in her eighties, was placed in police custody and then was the subject of a psychiatric hospitalization, "said the prosecution confirming information from the Lorraine Republican.

"All the elements suggest that this is a family tragedy," added the prosecution, adding that an autopsy was to be performed earlier this week. The investigation was entrusted to the research section of Metz.

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