During the night of Tuesday March 21 to Wednesday March 22, two brothers would have gone to an uninhabited house, serving as a squat, quai Favières, in Montluçon (Allier), to demand accountability from an occupant of the premises.
The latter, homeless and in his twenties, was reportedly kidnapped, sequestered, beaten and threatened with death. The two brothers, domiciled in the city on the banks of the Cher and aged 30 and 22, would also have set fire to the building.
Which, at 3:30 a.m., required the intervention of nearly twenty firefighters to control a disaster that affected the ground floor, as well as the first floor of the building. ‘building.
The man suspected of being at the origin of the fire on the road from Lyon to Moulins on Saturday March 18 relaxed: who set the fire, finally?
The two brothers quickly identified
The victim came to file a complaint during the day on Wednesday with the Montluçon police department. Officials from the Urban Security Brigade (BSU) quickly managed to arrest the two suspects who were taken into custody.
Two other people were also heard but were quickly cleared and released.
Placement in pre-trial detention
After a 24-hour extension of their police custody, the two brothers were then referred, this Friday, March 24, in the afternoon, to the Montluçon prosecutor’s office. The public prosecutor then opened a judicial investigation for kidnapping, forcible confinement, violence, death threats and destruction of a building by fire.
The two men were presented before an investigating judge, then before the judge of freedoms and detention who decided, following the requisitions of the prosecution, to place them in pre-trial detention.
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Philippe Werth
