According to initial findings of the investigation, the suspect stated that he had had an argument with the victim about religious issues during the course of Tuesday.
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It was a neighbour of the victim who called the police,” assures the same source. The man, who is in police custody, is suspected of attacking his host with a knife on Tuesday night before taking a video of the body and sending it to the neighbour via the app Snapchat. The latter immediately called the police at around 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning. When the police intervened, the neighbour was still chatting with the suspect, who was located in the commune of Couhé.
The suspect was then arrested shortly after 2am and was taken into police custody. He is known to the police for a crime and is staying illegally in France. At the same time, the fire brigade found the body of the victim, who was lying completely naked in the bathtub and had suffered numerous stab wounds. Numerous traces of blood could be seen on the walls of the flat, while the floor had been mopped, a source familiar with the case told franceinfo. Franceinfo / France Bleu