A tax official was killed “as part of a tax audit” in Bullecourt (Pas-de-Calais), revealed this Monday Gabriel Attal before the Senate. This 43-year-old agent was stabbed to death, while his colleague, who was intervening with him, was found, “tied to a chair and deeply shocked”.
According to two sources close to the investigation, the tax auditor was stabbed to death after being sequestered with this colleague at a second-hand dealer in Bullecourt. “The junk dealer committed suicide” after killing the official, said a source close to the investigation, adding that the gendarmerie had been warned “by a witness”. The inspector was killed “several stab wounds”, his colleague was found, “tied to a chair and deeply shocked”, said another source.
Attal on site Tuesday
Before the Senate, the Minister for Action and Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, wanted to pay tribute to this “head of the verification brigade of the departmental directorate of public finances of Pas-de-Calais, 43 years old”, who ” was just doing its job.” His “colleague auditor” was also “is deeply shocked”, also indicated Gabriel Attal. The minister will go there Tuesday morning, while the Senate observed a minute of silence.
The junk dealer, divorced and father of two children, “had arrived in the village four years ago”, said on the spot the mayor of the village, Éric Bianchin. “He had bought a farm in rue de Quéant, where he was selling at home. He emptied houses, garage sales and resold at home, ”he added. “I never had a problem with him, he was helpful, he was a normal person. He was integrated into the village,” he continued.