French police kill suspect of beheading boy (13)

According to prosecutor Laurent Gumbau, strips of meat had also been cut from the boy’s shoulder. This may indicate cannibalism, but “at the moment it is impossible to confirm the hypothesis,” the prosecutor said.

Fled over the rooftops

Gumbau said the boy had disappeared from a child care facility in Marseille, about 100 kilometers east of Tarascon. The investigation led the police to the address in Tarascon. Neighbors say the suspect fled across the rooftops. Three hours later, officers found him elsewhere in town and shot him dead. What exactly happened is still under investigation.

The man had previously been convicted of violent crimes, the public prosecutor reports, but was probably unarmed

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