What happened this Friday, July 14 in Loriol-sur-Drôme? A 37-year-old man died following a knife attack on Avenue du Général de Gaulle, not far from the town hall. The man, accompanied by his wife at the time of the tragedy, was hit several times in the chest around 8:45 p.m. The firefighters and the Smur of Valence tried for almost an hour to revive him, without success.
The gendarmes cordoned off the area. The PSIG, the surveillance and intervention platoon of the gendarmerie was called on the spot. The mayor and his deputy were also contacted. The man lived in Montélimar according to our information. What was he doing in Loriol-sur-Drôme? Is this a settling of scores? A case gone wrong? The investigation must determine it.