A homeless man was found dead on the public highway Monday morning in Lyon (Rhône), probably killed with a cinder block, we learned from reliable sources. An investigation into murder has been opened.
It was a neighbor who raised the alarm. The victim had a large wound on his head when he was discovered around 10 a.m., under a porch, a few steps from Place Carnot, where a brawl between homeless people had left a person injured with a stab a few days ago, can we read in Le Progrès.
A bloody concrete block was also found near the victim's body, according to a police source. Surveillance video shows an individual hitting the homeless person in the head, the Lyon prosecutor's office said. No arrests have been made at this stage, according to the prosecution, which assures: “The investigations entrusted to the DCOS are continuing actively in order to identify the author of the facts and determine the exact and motive circumstances of this action. »
The victim was of Moldovan origin. According to Le Progrès, he had lived alone in the area for several years. He was known as Emilio to the neighborhood, who described him as a man “around thirty years old, very nice.”
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