A tragedy occurred early Tuesday afternoon in the town of Honnechy, near Cambrai (North), reports
La Voix du Nord
.
Around 2 p.m., firefighters responded to a house fire.
It is the occupant of the premises, a man in his fifties, who would have deliberately set fire to his house.
He then committed suicide with a gun.
When help arrived, the victim was in cardiorespiratory arrest and could not be saved.
Present at the scene of the tragedy, the family of the fifty-year-old as well as two gendarmes who witnessed the suicide were taken care of by the emergency services.
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