Man found with throat cut in Paris, suspect arrested
A man without fixed abode was arrested on Wednesday and placed in custody following the discovery on 7 November of a victim with a slashed throat in a flat in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Arrest and intentional homicide
According to 20minutes.fr, a 63-year-old man without fixed abode was arrested on Wednesday morning and placed in custody as part of an investigation into intentional homicide. He was arrested following a search warrant issued after the discovery of a victim on 7 November in a Parisian flat.
The arrest took place at 08:30 on Wednesday in the 15th arrondissement, after a convenience store employee alerted police. The suspect had entered the shop with his hands in his pockets, claiming to possess a weapon. He then took a beer before going out on to the pavement. Officers from the local police station stopped and arrested him.
Discovery of body and circumstances
On 7 November, a resident of the building reported to police that the door of a flat had been open for two hours. Officers sent to the scene discovered the body of a 54-year-old man lying on a bed, concealed under a duvet. The victim had multiple wounds to the face and laceration wounds to the neck, with his throat partly cut.
The flat was in disarray. The Paris public prosecutor's office opened an investigation into intentional homicide, which was assigned to the criminal investigations unit of the Parisian judicial police.
Source: Google News FR — Crime (fr)