Near Bordeaux: pending separation, a father locks himself with his ex-partner in their house and the fire
A woman is hospitalized in absolute emergency after an attempted homicide followed by suicide in Saint-Denis-de-Pile.
Quick Look
- A 46-year-old man died after setting fire to a room where he was holding his ex-partner in Saint-Denis-de-Pile.
- The victim, seriously injured, was transported to the Pellegrin hospital in Bordeaux with a life-threatening prognosis.
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Why It Matters
The couple was in the process of separating. The intervention followed a call from one of the couple's three children.
The tragedy took place on Tuesday in a housing estate in Saint-Denis-de-Pile within a family whose couple was in the process of separating.
At the end of the evening, in circumstances that remain unknown, a father locked himself with his ex-wife and a can of gasoline in their bedroom. Then he set the room on fire. The Villerouge gendarmerie brigade intervened around 11 p.m. after being called by one of the couple's three children.
When they arrived, the house fire had already reached significant proportions. However, the police managed to enter the building and force the door to the room where the victim was locked up. The latter, seriously injured, is hospitalized at the Pellegrin hospital in Bordeaux. His vital prognosis is in jeopardy. Her partner, born in 1978, was found dead after firefighters intervened. In accordance with the protocol put in place by Gironde after the terrible assassination of Chahinez Daoud by his ex-spouse...
Open Questions
- What are the exact circumstances of the outbreak of the fire?
- What is the victim's current state of health?
