custody of main suspect extended

The quintuple murder occurred on Saturday near . The man in police custody came spontaneously to the Ghyvelde gendarmerie brigade and claimed to be the perpetrator.

Published on 16/12/2024 18:08

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French police block a road near Dunkirk, northern France, December 14, 2024. (BERNARD BARRON / AFP)
French law enforcement officers block a road near Dunkirk, northern , December 14, 2024. (BERNARD BARRON / AFP)

The custody of the main suspect, suspected of a quintuple murder near Dunkirk (North), was extended on Monday December 16, franceinfo learned from the Dunkirk prosecutor. THE “new deadline can be up to 48 overtime”the prosecutor told franceinfo.

On Saturday afternoon, two security agents and two migrants were killed in Loon-Plage, near Grande-Synthe, west of Dunkirk. It was a man who came spontaneously to the Ghyvelde gendarmerie brigade who claimed to be the perpetrator. He also accused himself of a fifth murder committed in Wormhout, on a 29-year-old man.

The research section of the gendarmerie is responsible for the investigation.

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