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His body had "traces of stab wounds". A woman in her twenties was found dead Thursday at her home in Amiens, in the Somme. Her husband was taken into custody for "intentional homicide", we learned from the prosecution.

Discovered by firefighters "shortly before noon" in a "small apartment in the city center", she was "probably deceased for several days", said AFP, the public prosecutor of Amiens, Alexandre de Bosschère , confirming information from France Bleu and France 3 Hauts-de-France.

Traces of stab wounds

"His body showed traces of stabbing, leaving no doubt as to the criminal cause" of the death, he added.

The young woman's companion, aged 25, "was arrested on the spot" and "placed in police custody", as part of an investigation "for intentional homicide", continued the prosecutor.

The investigation was entrusted to the judicial police, he added.

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