A man was arrested and taken into police custody, on the night of Thursday to Friday, in Agde (Hérault), suspected of having uttered death threats against his ex-partner and for attempted homicides on the police, reports Raphaël Balland, the public prosecutor of Béziers.

At around 1 a.m., police officers intervened in front of the home of the suspect's ex-girlfriend, where he was.

According to the victim, the man is suspected of having made death threats against him.

The individual fled, and took refuge behind a fence, then is accused of having shouted "that he was going to kill them all if they approached his house, claiming that he had plenty of weapons in his house. possession ”, continues the prosecutor.

Three shots were heard, but no police were injured.

His custody will be extended

It was the Raid, called in as reinforcements, which managed to convince the respondent to surrender, without incident, at 4 am.

A search allowed the police to discover two gas cylinders and an almost empty gasoline canister, a handgun, a ready-to-use Molotov cocktail, a tomahawk hatchet, a metal nunchaku or even a dagger, indicates the parquet of Béziers.

According to the ex-partner of the suspect, they would have lived together until August 2020. He would then have settled on a neighboring land, belonging to his mother.

"According to her, the respondent did not accept the separation and the night of the facts, he had sent him several text messages of death threats", continues the prosecutor of Béziers.

The suspect's custody will be extended.

He will in particular be the subject of a psychiatric expertise.

He has already been sentenced four times.

The last time, in 2015, for acts of violence with a weapon and violence against a spouse.

At the time, he had been incarcerated to serve a firm sentence of six months in prison.

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  • Agde

  • Police

  • Investigation

  • Miscellaneous

  • Languedoc-Roussillon

  • Beziers

  • Raid