A murder investigation was opened after the death of a man on Saturday evening in his apartment in Rennes and a second man, present at the scene and injured, was taken into custody, the Rennes prosecutor’s office told theAFP Sunday.
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The events took place in an apartment located rue de la Volga in the Blosne district, to the south of the city. The victim, born in 1975, “appears to have succumbed to beatings during a fight at his home“In the early evening, said the Deputy Public Prosecutor of Rennes, Sébastien Farges, confirming information from Ouest-France.
Another man, injured and present in the apartment during the emergency response, was treated at the hospital and then “placed in custody». «Very alcoholic, he is the main suspect“And had spent the evening with the victim, said the prosecution.
The investigation, entrusted to the judicial police, will have to establish the causes of death which “are not precisely known” nowadays. The autopsy of the body will take place on Monday, specifies the prosecution.
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