The police, who had released its report Thursday morning, had described the man as being “armed and dangerous”. Wednesday, late in the day, the prosecutor had dismissed the terrorist track.
The call for witnesses was launched early this morning by the police, has quickly paid off. Three hours after the airing, the gendarmes could call Thursday morning the alleged murder of a couple shot dead near Agen Wednesday morning. Can be described as “dangerous” and “armed” this individual is likely to be involved in this double homicide, which occurred in the town of Foulayronnes in the Lot-et-Garonne.
According to the report, which was widely circulated on Twitter, the gendarmerie was looking for an individual that can circulate in a white van registered: AD – 638 – XY “. She described him as a man measuring “1.70 m” on corpulence “strong enough” in the eyes “clear” hair “gray”, the “bald” and “may wear a hat.”
The drama dates back to Wednesday morning. It is 8:30 when a couple of forties was shot dead in front of his children aged 5 and 10 years, who were about to leave for school. Direct witness of the scene, one of the two children have managed to escape and take refuge in the house before calling for help. The other ran away in the fields around the house, says the regional daily South West .
A “without history” Family
Once there, the gendarmes found the bodies of parents, lying on the ground in front of the garage of the house. The mother, 42, was working in an architectural firm. The father, of the same age, was regional manager of a large construction company. But who could blame this couple, installed in the town of 5000 inhabitants since 2007 and described as “without history”?
After a few hours, the police were able to identify a suspect. Investigators have focused on an ex-employee who had threatened to kill the father. The man reportedly told his former boss: “Anyway, you, I’ll smoke you.” Feeling threatened, the victim had filed a complaint. A former colleague has confirmed a corresponding AFP he was “very, very threatened (…) for years.” Hearings were conducted with other company employees.
Children “in shock”
The suspect vehicle was found late in the afternoon, not far from the crime scene and his home was searched. The Sparrowhawk plan was activated. If this case could remind that of Yassin Salhi, the delivery driver who beheaded his employer in Isère in June, the prosecutor in Agen, Pascal Prache, dismissed any connection with “any terrorist enterprise”. Instead, he spoke of “a so-called common law offense” without favoring any leads yet on the circumstances or motives of this double homicide.
The two children, who are physically unharmed, were placed under protection. They were hospitalized “in shock”, according to sources close to the investigation quoted by South West .
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