A 23-year-old man was indicted for "spouse murder" on Friday evening and placed in pre-trial detention, suspected of having killed his companion with several stab wounds in Paris, we learned on Saturday from a judicial source.

The victim, born in 1989, was found dead in a street in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, killed by several stab wounds on the night of May 28 to 29.

This man, bloodied and leaning against a wall, had been discovered by two passers-by in the early morning in the Marais district, according to police sources and close to the investigation.

The firefighters could only confirm his death.

The first observations made on the spot revealed that the victim had received several blows from a knife to the chest.

According to

Le Parisien

, the suspect admitted having carried out these blows.

The investigation had been entrusted to the Criminal Brigade.

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