Police (illustration). – Olivier CORET / SIPA
The drama took place during the evening of 31 December and the suspects are now in pre-trial detention. Two men were indicted for murder after death at Mans of a young person of years of Guinean origin probably killed with knives, we learned Sunday from a judicial source. “Two suspects, aged and 22 years old, living in Le Mans and designated as having participated in the violence were placed in police custody, ”indicates the Le Mans public prosecutor’s office in a press release.
“The accused, both already convicted in particular for acts of violence, (were presented) to a judge investigation of the judicial court of Le Mans and indicted on the count of murder and placed in pre-trial detention ”, specifies the prosecution.
Scuffled during the evening
According to the prosecution, the investigations carried out made it possible to “establish that the facts had occurred during a clash against a backdrop of neighborhood rivalry between two groups of young men, some of whom were carrying bladed weapons ”. “If (the two accused) recognized their presence at the scene of the facts, they denied being at the origin of the deadly violence,” the statement said.
During the evening of 31 December, the police services had been notified of clashes between groups of individuals rue des sablons in Le Mans and the presence of an injured person. On site, the emergency services noted the death of a young man from 18 years, “carrying wounds likely inflicted by stabbing”, recalls the prosecution.
“The victim, originally from Guinea, had ties to Le Mans for having resided there until recently,” the same source said. The Le Mans public prosecutor’s office had opened an investigation into the murder charge, entrusted to the SRPJ of Angers and the DDSP of the
Sarthe . The two respondents incur 25 years of criminal imprisonment, according to the Le Mans prosecutor’s office.