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Multiple Homicide Investigations Underway After Surge of Urban Violence

Prosecutors have opened specialized inquiries following new forensic evidence, seeking preventive detentions as arrests accumulate.

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Overview

  • A second homicide inquiry was opened by the Créteil prosecutor after scans on four corpses recovered from the Seine near Pont de Choisy revealed violent lesions on two bodies and one victim has been identified.
  • A 16-year-old was fatally shot in Fleury-les-Aubrais overnight, and a 19-year-old suspect is in custody for murder after confessing to the shooting.
  • Police in Colombes have entrusted the SDPJ 92 with the investigation into a deadly apartment stabbing that killed one woman and wounded three others in what authorities say may involve a prostitution dispute.
  • In Montreuil, at least two residents were injured in a group attack on a rented house, with investigators focusing on a possible tenancy dispute and reports of batons, baseball bats and knives used by the assailants.
  • The Mont-de-Marsan prosecutor’s office has charged a 49-year-old driver with attempted homicide of a public official and other offenses after he dragged a police officer during an alcohol-related traffic stop, and is requesting his pretrial detention.