Overview
- Three masked assailants entered the house around 2:45 a.m. on January 1 and confronted an 87-year-old man and his 84-year-old wife.
- The victims were tied and gagged, threatened with a hammer, and the woman was menaced with sexual violence to coerce compliance.
- The attackers forced the husband to provide the safe code and stole watches, jewelry, and precious stones before fleeing.
- One victim sustained a hammer blow to the hip, and the intruders took both mobile phones, likely to delay any call for help.
- The couple reported the attack on Friday morning, an investigation was opened, and the Direction nationale de la police judiciaire seized the case with no arrests announced.