Europe 1 with AFP 5:03 p.m., July 27, 2022

A 31-year-old man was stabbed to death overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in a park in Rennes.

The emergency services, called shortly before midnight, found a man "mortally stabbed" in a park.

The circumstances of this homicide have not been specified and the perpetrator(s) are still being sought.

A 31-year-old man was stabbed to death overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in a park in Rennes, AFP learned on Wednesday from the prosecution.

The emergency services, called shortly before midnight, found a man "mortally wounded with a knife" in the Gayeulles park (north-east of Rennes), according to a police source.

The circumstances of this homicide were not specified.

An investigation for intentional homicide was opened and the judicial police seized, told AFP the deputy public prosecutor Flavie Le Sueur.

From a police source, the perpetrator or perpetrators were still being sought on Wednesday morning.