man stabbed in the metro for theft of a laptop, a second suspect arrested
A second man was arrested on Friday January 14 as part of the investigation into the murder of a man in the metro in Marseille. He was present alongside the alleged attacker when the facts occurred.
What was the role of this second man, who was in the company of the alleged attacker of the Marseille metro on January 7, at Notre-Dame-du-Mont station? For the investigators, his complicity with the crime is not established. But you had to ask him to find out.
On January 14, this “second man” was arrested and placed in police custody, according to information from Provence, confirmed by the General Directorate of the National Police. He must be presented to a judge this Sunday, January 16. According to the first elements, his role was not “active” in the murder of a 26-year-old Georgian, following a cell phone theft.
The drama played out in two stages. On the afternoon of January 7, a young woman was the victim of an attempted theft of her cell phone in the metro station. She returns home. An hour and a half later, she accidentally bumps into the presumed thieves again at the same place, at the foot of the metro station escalator. His companion accompanies him.
A Georgian asylum seeker, he addresses the two individuals in English and ensues a altercation.
One of the men pulls out a knife with a retractable blade, concealed in his sock, and stabs the companion of the victim of theft. Hit in the chest, the 26-year-old Georgian succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
The investigation was quickly completed in five days thanks to metro cameras. The surveillance made it possible to establish the route of the two suspects. And it is through the accomplice that the investigators traced to the author of the fatal blow. The alleged attacker, also 26, was arrested Wednesday evening at his home.
Known to the police for cases of concealment, theft in meetings and drug use, he has already been sentenced to 4 months in prison suspended and 200 euros fine.
The man admitted the facts. He was presented to an examining magistrate on Friday January 14 with a view to his indictment for “murder, attempted theft, and recoil of theft and violence”. He was then taken into custody.