A young prisoner found dead in his cell at the Rennes remand center

It was the guards who discovered him in his cell, shared with another inmate, and tried to resuscitate him.

In vain.

A young man died overnight from Sunday to Monday at the Rennes-Vezin remand center, we learned from the prosecution, confirming information from the

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The causes of death are not known at this time.

An autopsy must be carried out this Monday afternoon and an investigation into "search for the causes of death" has been opened.

Born in 1997, the young detainee was in pre-trial detention as part of a judicial investigation in Nantes in which he was indicted for acts of drug trafficking, participation in a criminal association, money laundering, transport and detention of category B weapons.

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