A gendarme from Hérault killed Tuesday evening, with an assault rifle, the new partner of his ex-companion, a professional firefighter, before committing suicide, the Montpellier prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday, confirming information from Free lunch.
The facts took place at the beginning of the evening in the small village of Viols-le-Fort, about twenty kilometers north-west of Montpellier, at the home of the ex-companion of the gendarme where his new partner, firefighter was. professional, said in an email sent to AFP the public prosecutor of Montpellier, Fabrice Bélargent.
“The victim was killed by 6 to 7 bullets, probably fired in a burst from a 5.56 caliber assault rifle. It was a personal weapon of the respondent who was a sports shooter, “said the magistrate, specifying that the dwelling was the common property of the gendarme and his former companion.
The Montpellier Gendarmerie Research Section has been seized of the procedure.
