double murder suspect still at large

It was the Spanish media that broadcast his photo. The photo of a man on the run, the main suspect in a double murder perpetrated on Monday July 4. A sports teacher and his colleague were found naked, shot dead in the peaceful town of Pouyastruc (Hautes-Pyrénées). The day after the murder, his motorcycle was found in Spain, just over 100 km from the border. Spanish police are searching the nearby forest on Thursday July 7.

The suspect could be dangerous. “Is he angry with other people around him? Is he able to use his weapons? (…) It’s very complicated to be able to say it as long as we will not have found it”said Pierre Aurignac, public prosecutor in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées). The wanted man, aged 34, is the ex-husband of the victim and still in the process of divorce. This sports shooter is a former reservist in the gendarmerie and the army. It was the testimonies of the neighbors that made it possible to identify him. A brief telephone contact was established on Wednesday between the gendarmes and the main suspect. He reportedly confided in them suicidal thoughts.