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Luxembourg. Two suspects arrested in the investigation into the murder of three Frenchmen in South Africa

Illustration photo Sipa / Harald Tittel Two suspects, including the ex-husband of one of the victims, were arrested in Luxembourg in the investigation into the murder of..

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Illustration photo Sipa / Harald Tittel Two suspects, including the ex-husband of one of the victims, were arrested in Luxembourg in the investigation into the murder of three French people travelling to South Africa, announced Tuesday the Prosecutor's Office of Coutances (northwest). Two of them were charged and placed in pre-trial detention for "arrest, abduction, kidnapping, arbitrary detention without voluntary release before the 7th day of an organized 15-year-old gang and participation in criminal association in preparation for a crime". The man had arrived in South Africa "few before" the others.

Furthermore, A psychological cell was opened "in order to accompany the employees of the restaurant of Avranches and to give them all the necessary support in this event". The police identified them as "French nationals from the Avranchinese". His daughter, who was in her company, was "secured and repatriated to France the same day," says the Coutances Public Prosecutor's Office.

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Illustration photo Sipa / Harald Tittel Two suspects, including the ex-husband of one of the victims, were arrested in Luxembourg in the investigation into the murder of three French people travelling to South Africa, announced Tuesday the Prosecutor's Office of Coutances (northwest).
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Two of them were charged and placed in pre-trial detention for "arrest, abduction, kidnapping, arbitrary detention without voluntary release before the 7th day of an organized 15-year-old gang and participation in criminal association in preparation for a crime".
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Two people were arrested in Luxembourg in this case.
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The man had arrived in South Africa "few before" the others.
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A psychological cell was opened "in order to accompany the employees of the restaurant of Avranches and to give them all the necessary support in this event".
according to BFMTV — News 24/7
The police identified them as "French nationals from the Avranchinese".
according to BFMTV — News 24/7
His daughter, who was in her company, was "secured and repatriated to France the same day," says the Coutances Public Prosecutor's Office.
according to Le Progrès