Europe 1 with AFP 1:50 p.m., May 31, 2022
The Perpignan prosecutor's office said a man in his 40s was found dead on Tuesday in a street in Trouillas, a village near the Pyrénées-Orientales prefecture, showing signs of stab wounds.
A murder investigation has also been opened.
A man in his forties was found dead on Tuesday in a street in Trouillas, a village near Perpignan, bearing traces of stab wounds, we learned from the prosecution.
A murder investigation was opened and the victim's roommate was arrested and placed in police custody, Perpignan prosecutor Jean-David Cavaillé told AFP.
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Residents discovered the body in the middle of the street
Residents of the village discovered the body in the middle of the street and the victim had injuries to the side and back, according to the gendarmerie.
The scene of the crime has been frozen in order to allow the work of the criminal identification cell.
The investigation was entrusted to the research brigade of the gendarmerie of Perpignan and to the research section of Montpellier.
Two days ago, another news item involving the death of a person took place in Marseille, in the Bouches-du-Rhône.
A 20-year-old man was shot and killed on Saturday evening in Marseille, and another 17-year-old injured, in what looks like a new settling of scores against the backdrop of drug trafficking, AFP learned from a police source.