A woman and a man were shot dead today outside the Montpellier courthouse in southern France. The prefecture excludes the scenario of terrorism and prefers that of a femicide, which was followed by a suicide.
Law enforcement rushed to the area in the early afternoon local time, “after shots were fired in front of the Montpellier courthouse,” the prefecture said in X.
“The final tally is two dead. The incident has ended and the area has been cordoned off,” added the prefecture.
An intervention by the police is underway after shots fired in front of the judicial court of #Montpellier #Hérault .
The final report shows 2 deaths.
The event is over.
The area is secured by police officers from DIPN 34. The prefect is on site. A… pic.twitter.com/1pfEikWExz— Prefect of Hérault 🇫🇷 (@Prefet34) February 20, 2024
“We are not in a terrorist scenario, but in a case involving a man and a woman who were divorcing,” a source close to the authorities then clarified to AFP.
It is “first of all a woman who was shot by her husband, who then committed suicide,” a Montpellier police officer told AFP.
“Beforehand, they had a meeting or a hearing for their divorce. Each was around 60 years old,” another police source told AFP.
Source: RES-MPE
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