Two gendarmes, a woman and a man, committed suicide on Friday in their barracks in Lyon and Toulouse, “A priori with their service weapons”, we learned Sunday from the national gendarmerie and source close to the case.
The first, a 53-year-old adjutant-chief, commanded the Brigade for the prevention of juvenile delinquency (BPDJ) in Lyon, was divorced and had a child, according to the gendarmerie.
” Health issues “
She left a writing behind her “Without questioning the hierarchy”, said a source close to the case, saying she had ” health issues “.
The Office of Judicial Investigations of the General Inspectorate of the National Gendarmerie (IGGN) was seized of the investigation.
The man was a 56-year-old major, assigned to the Toulouse road safety squadron, married with two children, the gendarmerie said. It was ” on sick leave “, according to the nearby source. The Toulouse Research Brigade was seized.
In 2020, ten gendarmes killed themselves, according to the gendarmerie, a figure at the lowest over the last ten years.
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