An investigation was opened this Tuesday, November 12 after the discovery of the bodies of three children aged 2, 11 and 13 in a house located in Taninges in Haute-Savoie. One of the parents is wanted.
Three children aged 2, 11 and 13 were found dead this Tuesday, November 12 in a house located in Taninges in Haute-Savoie, AFP learned from the gendarmes and firefighters. Their mother, who is depressed, is currently being sought while the bodies were discovered by the father.
Emergency services were called around 12:30 p.m. but could only note the deaths, firefighters said, confirming information from the regional daily. The Dauphiné Libéré. According to the newspaper, an investigation was opened by the Bonneville public prosecutor’s office while one of the parents is being sought. Around sixty gendarmes and a helicopter are mobilized for the search, a source close to the investigation told AFP. The three children had stab wounds, according to the daily The Parisian.
Last week, two children aged one and four were found decapitated at their home in Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, and the mother, found wandering the streets of the town, was interned in a psychiatric hospital. According to the National Child Protection Observatory, 60 minors died violently within their family in 2022.
Updated with more information at 7:25 p.m.
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