The team intercepted by the gendarmes - Gendarmerie des Pyrénées-Orientales

Monday, a man had been fined in the Pyrenees-Orientales, while traveling on a national road on a team drawn by a horse, in full period of confinement. The information was relayed by the gendarmes on Facebook.

"Unable to justify the regularity of his movement, the individual was fined and then authorized to go quickly to the home he wanted to return to," said the gendarmes. Unusual at first glance, information today takes on a completely different aspect. This man was found dead a few hours later in the department.

Suspect indicted for intentional homicide

The body, discovered dead Monday, in Amélie-les-Bains, near the Spanish border, is the driver of this team, verbalized a little earlier on a road, learned 20 Minutes from David Cavaillé, the public prosecutor from Perpignan.

An investigation for willful homicide has been opened. A 50-year-old man of German origin was indicted on Wednesday for intentional and imprisoned homicide.

According to the first elements of the investigation, a "brawl between marginalized" would be at the origin of the drama. During this fight, the victim reportedly died from several stab wounds. The victim's horse was entrusted to an animal protection association, indicates the public prosecutor of Perpignan.

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