a man arrested in Toulon, suspected of other attacks

The suspect is suspected of having carried out other attacks, using a similar modus operandi, notably in Rotterdam (Netherlands).

A man, suspected of having killed a homeless person in Lyon on the night of Monday to Tuesday, November 12, with blows from a concrete block, was arrested Tuesday evening on a Nice-Marseille train near Toulon, franceinfo learned from a police source. The victim, of Moldovan nationality, was discovered dead in the center of Lyon with a large wound on his head, a bloody concrete block next to him.

The suspect is suspected of having carried out other attacks, using a similar modus operandi, notably in Rotterdam (Netherlands), where a surveillance video, released by the authorities, caused a great stir.

The identity of the suspect, who also presents the profile of a homeless person, is being consolidated, a close source tells franceinfo.