This Wednesday evening, around 10:40 p.m., a man died after an apartment fire on avenue de Laon in Reims. He had stab wounds, while another person was reported on the run. Homicide was suspected.
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Qhat happened on Wednesday evening on the second floor of a building on avenue de Laon in Reims? At around 10:40 p.m., firefighters were called to an apartment fire at No. 203, a five-story residence located near Boulevard Charles-Arnould. Inside the apartment, they discovered a fire located in the bathroom and noted the presence of a man in his fifties in cardiac arrest. Despite the care provided on the sidewalk with the assistance of a Samu team, the victim could not be resuscitated. His death was declared around 11:30 p.m. A lance had to be deployed to extinguish the bathroom, which was completely set on fire. No neighbor was injured.
What appeared to be the dramatic consequences of a fire – accidental or deliberate – however took a very different turn in view of the first observations. The man had stab wounds on the neck. In addition, witnesses reported the presence of another person who allegedly fled the apartment. So many disturbing elements that led the police to decide to open an investigation into a possible « homicide ».
At 12:15 a.m., investigations had only just begun and were expected to continue late into the night.
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