Forty-eight hours after the quintuple murder, which occurred on Saturday near Dunkirk, the trail of professional revenge is becoming clearer. The suspected shooter had worked at the two companies where three of the victims were employed. According to a source close to the matter, revenge after a professional dispute is one of the preferred avenues.
The 22-year-old suspect had resentment towards his first victim, Paul Dekeister, who was his former employer, said the suspect's lawyer, Véronique Planckeel. This 29-year-old man, who managed a road transport company, was killed around 3:15 p.m. in Wormhout, in front of his home. “We do not know how the employment contract was terminated,” declared the lawyer, for whom “many gray areas remain” on the motive.
The mystery of the murder of the two migrants
Then, we now know that the alleged killer was an employee of the company Eamus Cork Security (ECS) for which his next two victims, two security agents, worked, Patrick Guerbette, founder of ECS, indicated during a press briefing. . He completed “a period of training and professionalization contract” […] more than a year and a half ago” during which he was the target “of no reproach”, he added.
According to the ECS boss, the suspect had then “not at all” been in contact with the two targeted agents. According to the suspect's lawyer, of the two security agents, “he knew one by sight, it seems, that's all.”
The mystery surrounding the murder of the two migrants remains. The suspect's lawyer herself admits that she currently has “no explanation”. A source close to the matter reports that they were targeted by chance.
