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A 22-year-old woman was taken into custody for murder in Béziers. She is suspected of having killed her 61-year-old neighbor with a stab in the mouth. The circumstances of the tragedy are still unclear.
It was a horror scene that firefighters and police officers discovered in Béziers on Saturday around 7:30 p.m. A 22-year-old woman killed her 61-year-old next door neighbor with a stab in the mouth. The circumstances are still unclear. The drama took place in a building in the city center, not far from Allées Paul-Riquet, rue Guilhemon.
Emergency services were unable to revive the 61-year-old man who died from his serious injuries. “A lot of blood was found on site, in particular in the stairwell and in the apartment of his next door neighbor,” indicates the public prosecutor of Béziers, Raphaël Balland, in a press release.
A neighbor who was returning from shopping told Free Midday : “I heard a noise. Then, the screams got worse, there were sounds of blows. When it calmed down, I saw my neighbor running barefoot with her daughter into the street and holding the little one by the hand, she was screaming, help me, help me. The neighbor adds: “There were so many screams that I was petrified on my balcony.”
The woman stopped in the street, covered in blood
The woman suspected of having stabbed her was arrested in the street by the police. She was covered in blood. Her 6-year-old daughter was with her on the street near the building. Neither of them had any injuries, specifies the Béziers public prosecutor's office.
The killed man is presented as a man without history by a neighbor in Free Midday. “He was a farm worker who never made people talk about him. He was truly a good man.” This neighbor claims that the 22-year-old woman frequently picked quarrels with her neighbor. A neighbor agrees: “She was known for her delusions. She had a big behavioral problem.” The police investigation will shed light on the neighborly relations of the man and woman.
Woman in custody for murder
The 22-year-old woman was taken into custody for murder. Her 6-year-old daughter was hospitalized in the pediatric department of Béziers hospital. Investigations are entrusted to the Béziers police station, the interdepartmental service of the Montpellier judicial police and the scientific police.
