Firefighters discovered the 50-year-old father and 71-year-old mother seriously injured. One of the two victims has “80% burnt body”, according to firefighters. Both victims were rushed to hospital.
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A 30-year-old man is on the run after burning his parents with a “homemade incendiary device”on the night of Saturday to Sunday shortly after midnight, in the Saint-Jacques district, near the city center of Perpignan, learned franceinfo from a police source this Sunday, confirming information from AFP.
First to arrive on the scene, the firefighters discovered the father, aged 50, and the mother, aged 71, seriously injured. One of the two victims has “the body burned at 80%”, specify the firefighters to France Bleu Roussillon. The two victims were taken to Perpignan hospital in a state of absolute emergency, adds the same source.
The son, still on the run, and actively sought is known to the police, a police source told franceinfo. He used a flammable product, “probably gasoline”, to fan the flames, according to firefighters. The investigation was entrusted to the urban security of Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales).