US EditionFrench police hold suspect after bodies of four men found in River Seine
A man in his twenties was indicted for the murders of four men found in the Seine; investigators consider homophobic motives and the victims included homeless individuals.
- French police in Choisy-le-Roi say they have detained a homeless man in his twenties on suspicion of murder after four bodies were found in the River Seine on August 13.
- Investigators traced the suspect after reviewing surveillance footage and phone data, and he was stopped the day bodies were found, then arrested with victim documents, appearing before a judge on Sunday.
- Victims included two 21-year-old Algerian men, a 26-year-old Tunisian man and a 48-year-old Frenchman, with autopsy findings showing strangulation and partial nudity amid advanced decomposition.
- Stop Homophobie has joined legal proceedings and urged witnesses to come forward, while prosecutors requested the suspect be charged and placed in protective custody; authorities say the investigation will continue.
- The riverbank site is known as a meeting place for sexual encounters between men and frequented by homeless people, while police are investigating a possible homophobic motive and initial findings suggest systemic violence targeting gay men.
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Stop Homophobia group joins legal case over deaths of four men in Paris
The French anti-discrimination organisation Stop Homophobia has announced it will join legal proceedings in connection with the discovery of four bodies in the Seine earlier this month. The group is also appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
Almost two weeks after the macabre discovery of four bodies in the Seine, it is the serial killer's track that is privileged. A 20-year-old man was placed under examination.
On August 13, four partially nude bodies were found floating in the Seine River in a Paris suburb. A homeless man in his 20s has now been arrested on suspicion of four murders, which took place at a well-known gay meeting place.
"We'll eventually know everything," said the victim's family.
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