Man Found Severely Mutilated in Calais; Multiple People Detained

Overview

• The victim, a roughly 50-year-old man, was discovered with his tongue severed, a toe cut and his genitals amputated and was taken to hospital with his life not in danger.
• Police and firefighters found the injured man in an apartment in the Beaumarais district and a seal was placed on apartment 260 while forensics searched the scene.
• Five people, including a 13-year-old minor, have been placed in garde à vue as investigators question suspects and possible accomplices.
• Authorities say a knife was used and the parquet de Boulogne-sur-Mer has framed the case as suspicions of 'actes de torture et barbarie', prompting a criminal inquiry.
• Neighbors described the flat's occupant as vulnerable and said the residence saw heavy drinking and many visitors which police are treating only as contextual leads while the probe continues.