Tuesday evening, June 18, a 47-year-old man was stabbed to death in an Afghan butcher’s shop in Rennes. According to the first elements of investigation, it is a family dispute. The victim entered the business armed with a machete. Police custody continues.
The family drama took place in Rennes this Tuesday, June 18 shortly after 7:30 p.m. “A man born in 1977, of Afghan nationality, appeared armed in particular with a machete, a rubber eraser and a taser in an Afghan butcher’s shop run by members of his family” nous informs the Public Prosecutor of Rennes, Philippe Astruc, following the investigations carried out by the DIPN (territorial crime division) of Rennes.
“There followed an altercation during which he injured the arm of an employee of the butcher’s shop born in 1981 (who was operated on today and is still hospitalized) and subsequently received several blows. knife. He died on the spot at 7:37 p.m.
The altercation within the Afghan butcher’s shop on rue Vaneau left one dead and one seriously injured yesterday evening, Tuesday June 18.
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The butcher’s manager and his employee, who is a member of his family, born in 1981 and 1996, of Afghan nationality, were arrested and placed in police custody as possibly being the perpetrators of the fatal stabbings.
“The autopsy carried out today reveals the existence of 16 stab wounds, specifies the Prosecutor. The reason for this altercation appears to be a family dispute which remains to be clarified. The two accused assert their right to silence.”
