The drama occurred Monday in Maussanne-les-Alpilles and Mouriès, in the Bouches-du-Rhône.

A man was between life and death on Monday after killing three people, his wife, his mother-in-law and his brother-in-law at Maussanne-les-Alpilles and Mouriès, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. "This is a priori family drama," said AFP Patrick Desjardins, prosecutor Tarascon. According to a source familiar with the case, the man killed his 95-year-old mother-in-law, his 65-year-old brother-in-law at home before fleeing and killing his wife in the neighboring commune. "He then tried to commit suicide," Patrick Desjardins added.