The two suspects are 48 and 57 years old. The latter "is already known to the correctional justice for acts of theft and aggravated violence".

Two men "were indicted for extortion with violence resulting in death" after the death of a 57-year-old artisan-merchant near his company in Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault, Ille-et- Vilaine, AFP learned Monday from the prosecution. The two men were remanded in custody, the same source added, without specifying the facts.

One of the two known suspects of the correctional justice

Wednesday around 19:30, a craftsman-merchant who held a motorcycle shop in this small town of Ille-et-Vilaine an hour north of Rennes, had been killed by stabbing. The two suspects, aged 48 and 57, arrested Thursday, live near Fougères, in Ille-et-Vilaine, for one and Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault for the other. The latter "is already known to the correctional justice for theft and aggravated acts of violence," the source said.