They are suspected of having hit the driver of a scooter in a stolen car during their flight Thursday at Auzeville-Tolosane, near Toulouse.

Two men were taken into custody on suspicion of killing the driver of a scooter after fleeing a robbery Thursday in Auzeville-Tolosane near Toulouse, was learned Friday close source of the investigation.

Both men surrendered

These two men indulged in the night at the central police station in Toulouse, where they were placed in custody to be questioned by the gendarmes of the research section, said the same source. They are believed to have committed a robbery in Auzeville-Tolosane, with a stolen car at the wheel of which, during their flight, they would have hit the driver of a scooter. The man, who had his leg torn off, did not survive.

The perpetrators then fled on foot before stealing a second vehicle to head to the Toulouse station. The important research device implemented by the gendarmerie, with roadside checks and a helicopter, had not allowed to find them.