the trail of professional revenge favored by investigators

Forty-eight hours after the quintuple murder that occurred on Saturday, December 14 in the vicinity of Dunkirk, the trail of professional revenge is emerging, the alleged shooter having worked for his first victim as well as within the company where the two worked. following.

The 22-year-old suspect, who went to the gendarmerie in Ghyvelde (North), a small town on the Belgian border, on Saturday, had resentment towards his first victim, Paul Dekeister, who was his former employer, said the The suspect's lawyer, Véronique Planckeel. This 29-year-old man, who managed a road transport company, was killed around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday in Wormhout in front of his home by several gunshots.

“We do not know how the employment contract was terminated”declared to AFP the lawyer, for whom “many gray areas remain” on the mobile. Me Planckeel emphasizes that his client, in police custody since Saturday, “spontaneously recognized the facts and is very composed, very calm”. However, she is not “not sure if this boy really understands the consequences of his actions” nor that he “knows what to answer himself” to investigators.

According to a source close to the matter, revenge after a professional dispute is one of the preferred avenues. 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, said during a press briefing. He carried out “a period of training and professionalization contract […] over a year and a half ago » during which he was not the target of“no complaints”added Patrick Guerbette. According to him, he had not then ” no way “ been in contact with the two targeted agents.

These two fathers in their thirties, Marc and Aurélien, were killed around 4 p.m. in the port area of ​​Loon-Plage, on the outskirts of Dunkirk. They were on a surveillance mission aboard a company vehicle, added Bruno Willems, CEO of ECS, during the press briefing. For Patrick Guerbette, “Anyone who was there, at that time on the road, could have been a victim. » According to the suspect's lawyer, on the two security agents, “he knew one by sight, it seems, that’s all”.

Victims targeted by chance?

Finally, she added, there is currently no “no explanation” to the murder a few minutes later and five kilometers away of two migrants near a camp. These “could be of Iranian nationality […] aged 19 and 30”Dunkirk prosecutor Charlotte Huet said in a press release on Sunday.

The source close to the case reports that they were targeted by chance. “Many people” on the camp “asked us for protection, accommodation”indicated Célestin Pichaud, coordinator of the Utopia 56 association. “Fear, stress and insecurity are at their maximum”he warned.

The suspect “is unknown to the police and the judicial authorities” et “several firearms were found in his car”said Charlotte Huet on Sunday.

The investigation was opened to “murders preceded, accompanied or followed by another crime” et “acquisition, possession, carrying and transport of category A and B weapons”acts punishable by life imprisonment. This custody may last “until 96 hours, i.e. until Wednesday”said the prosecutor in her press release.