Hit in the face, he dies in the street in Quissac, a suspect in police custody

Les gendarmes et la substitut du parquet de Nîmes étaient à Quissac, ce mardi soir. Midi Libre – Archive MiKAEL ANISSET

A man was hit and died this Tuesday, April 16, early in the evening in a street near a bar in Quissac in the Gard.

A man was hit in the face and died this Tuesday, early evening in Quissac. The emergency services, who were on site, were unable to resuscitate him. The victim is believed to be a young man aged around twenty. The substitute for the Alès public prosecutor's office was on site on Tuesday evening. The gendarmes of the Quissac brigade and then their colleagues from the Vigan company led by the second in command, Stéphane Martel, quickly intervened on the site. This scene of violence would have taken place in the street, near a bar.

A family member heard

According to the Alès prosecutor, Abdelkrim Grini, a man who could be a member of the victim's family presented himself to the Quissac gendarmerie brigade. He was taken into custody for this homicide. The suspect and the victim allegedly argued. And the attacker allegedly used a baton to hit this young man. The prosecutor entrusted the investigation to the gendarmes of the Quissac brigade and the Vigan research brigade.