The young man was taken into custody for “murder” and “drug trafficking” this Friday, according to the Republic prosecutor. The motivations of the individual suspected of having inflicted the “five stab wounds, three of which were fatal in the abdomen” must still be established.
The autopsy also revealed that the aorta was affected during the attack. The victim, a 55-year-old carpenter, had already died when emergency services arrived on site. He must be “redirected to La Rochelle” during his police custody, at the end of which a judicial investigation should be opened. The young man is suspected of being the perpetrator of a fatal knife attack during the night from Saturday to Sunday in Ars-en-Ré, on the island of Ré (Charente-Maritime), was arrested in the Paris region and placed in police custody. The man and the victim knew each other well and were even friends.