A violent altercation broke out between two men, Wednesday January 1, on the steps of Café Le Continental, cours Lauze-de-Perret, in the city center, in Apt. The brawl, between noon and 1:30 p.m., ended in tragedy. One of the two protagonists in their fifties, victim of several blows, including a frontal headbutt, then collapsed near the business.
“The perpetrator, originally from Paris, left the victim lying on the ground and left“, specifies the prosecution. When the firefighters arrived, contacted by a witness at the scene, the man was still conscious. He was transported to the emergency room of the Apt hospital center, where he died from his injuries .
Fleeing suspect finally arrested on a train
As for the accused, who was on the run for a while, he was finally intercepted on a train, at Saint-Exupéry station in Lyon, in the evening, around 8 p.m. “The train went up to Marne-la-Vallée“, specify the gendarmes, who, after a quick investigation, quickly notified the Lyon police so that they could arrest the fugitive.
A combat sports practitioner
According to our information, the accused is a fan of combat sports. “Now we need to determine the context: fatal blows? A premeditated act? What about the intention?“, lists the prosecution.
The flagrant murder investigation was opened by the prosecution and entrusted to the Apt research brigade to shed light on this affair. The autopsy on the victim's body will be carried out this Friday, December 3.
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