A man, suspected of having killed a homeless person in Lyon on the night of Monday to Tuesday with blows from a concrete block, was arrested Wednesday evening on a Nice-Marseille train near Toulon, franceinfo learned from a police source. According to information from France Bleu Provence, the man was arrested shortly after 8 p.m., after punching a young girl on the train. Arrested in Toulon station, then transferred to a police station, he was then recognized by a police officer thanks to images of him appearing on social networks.
In addition to the murder in Dijon, the man is also suspected of having carried out other attacks in Dijon, Évry and Strasbourg, as well as in Rotterdam (Netherlands), using a similar modus operandi, franceinfo has learned. The identity of the suspect, who also presents the profile of a homeless person, is being consolidated, a close source tells franceinfo.
In Dijon, the man is suspected of having attacked a 42-year-old woman on July 25, in the Toison d'or district, we learned France Blue Burgundywith the city attorney. The victim received “one or more stone blows to the head”, causing a ten-day ITT. “The suspect could not be arrested, but was identified as a man who had recently been the subject of an OQTF notified in Dijon. A search warrant was issued against him by the Dijon public prosecutor's office on August 2“, adds the Dijon prosecutor.
In Évry (Essonne), the man is suspected of having attacked a man on October 23 on the square in front of the Evry-Courcouronnes station with a curb, according to franceinfo. The victim first saw his vital prognosis compromised. 45 days of ITT were then issued to him. A judicial investigation was opened, the investigating judge issued an arrest warrant against this suspect.
In Strasbourg, the man who could correspond to the suspect arrested in Toulon, is suspected of having attacked a homeless person with stones on October 31, franceinfo learned. The victim has since been in a coma.
