Two gendarmes, a 53-year-old adjutant and a 56-year-old major, committed suicide on Friday in their barracks in Lyon and Toulouse.
The Lyon gendarme indicated in a writing that she had "health problems", while the Toulouse gendarme was on "sick leave".
Two gendarmes, a woman and a man, committed suicide on Friday in their barracks in Lyon and Toulouse, "a priori with their service weapons", we learned on Sunday from the national gendarmerie and from a source close to the case.
The first, a 53-year-old adjutant-chief, commanded the Brigade for the prevention of juvenile delinquency (BPDJ) in Lyon, was divorced and had a child, according to the gendarmerie.
She left a writing behind her "without questioning the hierarchy", said a source familiar with the matter, specifying that she had "health problems".
The Office of Judicial Investigations of the General Inspectorate of the National Gendarmerie (IGGN) was seized of the investigation.
Ten police suicides in 2020
The man was a 56-year-old major, assigned to the Toulouse road safety squadron, married with two children, the gendarmerie said.
He was "on sick leave", according to the close source.
The Toulouse Research Brigade was seized.
In 2020, ten gendarmes killed themselves, according to the gendarmerie, a figure at the lowest over the last ten years.