A suspect was arrested in Marseille after the death of a 22-year-old young man stabbed in Square de Slovakie, Rennes’ Blosne district, Thursday January 2. Identified by the investigators of the ex-PJ, the current DCOS of Rennes, the man, also aged 22, was able to be located in the south of France and the police officers of the BAC of Marseille arrested him . Placed in police custody in Rennes, he was indicted for murder and placed in pre-trial detention on Monday January 6. It was a dispute between the two protagonists which was at the origin of the tragedy, according to the public prosecutor.
Self-defense
Before the investigating judge, the 22-year-old suspect admitted to having set fire to the victim’s vehicle. The two men had been placed in police custody a few days earlier in Morbihan for reasons that are unknown at this stage, but that is where the conflict between the two appeared.
Following this fire, the owner of the car wanted revenge and went this Thursday, January 2 to the foot of the building on Square de Slovakie where the accused lives. The latter claims that it was the victim who attacked her and that to defend himself, he hit her with an iron rod found on site. without the intention of killing this 22 year old.
Multiple convictions
The suspect is known to the courts for multiple offenses, notably road offenses, attacks on property and people or drug trafficking, this is what prosecutor Frédéric Teillet specifies. He was sentenced, for the last time, on July 19, 2024 in Rennes to 10 months in prison in the form of an electronic bracelet. The victim had also been convicted on multiple occasions.for traffic offenses, attacks on property and people between 2022 and 2024“.
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