Allier is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region that borders Cher to the west, Nièvre to the north, Saône-et-Loire and Loire to the east, Puy-de-Dôme to the south, and Creuse to the south-west. From Wikipedia
A 67-year-old man remains hospitalized after being mutilated and tortured in the Allier region, as authorities investigate the motive and search for another suspect.