Illustration of a national police car, here in front of the Parliament of Brittany, in Rennes.

-

C. Allain / 20 Minutes

The investigation is progressing after the murder of a 63-year-old man on the night of Thursday to Friday in Rennes.

Two people were arrested and taken into custody on Tuesday in this case, we learned from the prosecution.

According to

Ouest-France

, it is about a marginal couple aged in their forties who had quarreled a little earlier with the sexagenarian in the street.

Called for the start of a fire, the firefighters had discovered the victim in an apartment located rue Maréchal-Lyautey, not far from the Anatole-France metro station.

Half burned, his body showed signs of beatings and lacerations.

The autopsy performed on Friday afternoon had revealed "multiple lesions likely to confirm a death of criminal origin," according to Philippe Astruc, public prosecutor of Rennes.

Miscellaneous

The young man killed in the metro in Lyon did not know his attackers

Miscellaneous

A murder investigation opened after the discovery of a body in front of the parking lot of a cinema in Haute-Savoie

  • Reindeer

  • Jail

  • Crime

  • Murder

  • Miscellaneous

  • Homicide