25-year-old man in police custody suspected of killing his father in Nice

The victim, struck several times a priori with a bladed weapon, could not be saved.

Thursday evening, in an apartment on rue Trachel, in the center of Nice, a 64-year-old man died stabbed and his son is the number 1 suspect. This 25-year-old young man was still in the hands of investigators this Friday after -mid,

the public prosecutor of Nice

told

, confirming information from

.

“Police custody is ongoing,” said Xavier Bonhomme.

A drug user and in particular cannabis, he was already known to the courts for “possession of narcotics”.

This individual is also being monitored for a psychiatric illness.

The prosecution confirms that he suffers from schizophrenia.

"He made several stays in a psychiatric hospital," explained a neighbor to the regional daily.

We could see that he was not behaving normally.

»Expertises will be carried out to decide on the follow-up to be given to this case.

And in particular if his criminal responsibility can be engaged in the event of indictment for parricide.

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