A 25-year-old man, sitting quietly on a bench in the Beligny district, was the victim of an attempted murder on the evening of Sunday June 26 around 7 p.m., in Villefranche-sur-Saône, near Lyon. Under the eyes of a witness, a 32-year-old doused him with gasoline before lighting the fire, before fleeing, according to Le Progrès.
The victim then transformed into a human torch and used his right hand to put out the fire that was spreading on his neck and back. She was rushed to the Nord-Ouest hospital in Villefranche.
2nd degree burn victim
The man suffered 2nd degree burns to the neck, back and fingers of the hand with which he managed to put out the fire. His vital prognosis is not engaged.
The police of Villefranche-sur-Saône quickly identified the alleged attacker, after the denunciation of an indirect witness, specify our colleagues. He was arrested 50 km from the incident by the Givors police. Placed in police custody, his hearing was difficult, the suspect not having wished to develop the reasons for his action. If the motivations of his act are for the moment unknown, the track of the psychiatric disorder is privileged, the two men not knowing each other. Monday, June 27 in the evening, the perpetrator of the crime was automatically interned in the hospital of Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-D’or.