• A man was stabbed to death on the night of Wednesday to Thursday in Hérault.

  • A suspect, arrested shortly after the events, confessed to the facts while in police custody.

  • A judicial investigation for intentional homicide should be opened.

Judicial information for intentional homicide should be opened this Friday afternoon, after the death of a man, stabbed to death, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, in Clermont l'Hérault (Hérault), learned

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from the Montpellier public prosecutor's office.

A suspect, who had been arrested, admitted the facts while in police custody.

According to his statements, the individual said he accompanied the victim to his home, not far from his home, because she was intoxicated.

He says he didn't know her.

Once in the hall of the residence, the victim would have taken fright, fearing to be assaulted.

Witnesses evoke "unilateral violence"

According to the information provided by the prosecution, the victim would have taken several individuals to witness, assuring that the man would have made advances to him, and would have wanted to take his backpack.

The suspect formally disputes testimony.

The defendant is suspected of having grabbed the victim by the collar, and of having made him fall.

He would have fallen, too, and after getting up, he is accused of having struck three stab wounds in the abdomen.

Witnesses present confirmed the origin of the altercation between the two men, and spoke of "unilateral violence by the respondent, who quickly produced a knife and struck the victim multiple times while the latter did not adopt any violent attitude, ”continues the prosecution.

If the respondent denies the intention to kill, the viewing of the video surveillance tapes allowed the investigators to note that he would have stabbed the victim several times while she was on the ground.

However, the whole scene could not be filmed.

The respondent was under judicial supervision, for acts committed in May.

He should be remanded in custody.

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