father and daughter found in Italy

Malek Younes, 8, was found safe and sound on Thursday June 8 in Italy with his father, Jamel Younes, a source close to the investigation told franceinfo. The little girl had been missing since Wednesday evening in Dunkirk. Her father was suspected of having kidnapped her. He was arrested.

Jamel Younes is also suspected of having killed his partner, according to the Dunkirk prosecutor’s office. An investigation in flagrance for intentional homicide by spouse and kidnapping of a minor is opened.

>> Kidnapping alert in Dunkirk: what we know about the disappearance of an 8-year-old girl, likely to be with her father

His father is also the main suspect in the murder of his companion on Wednesday in Dunkirk, according to the Dunkirk prosecutor’s office. The victim’s mother discovered his lifeless body at his home, the prosecution said. “Multiple bruises” were found on his skin by the medical examiner. An autopsy should be performed.

A kidnapping alert plan had been triggered

In the victim’s home were her three minor children. They were entrusted to the services of the protection of the investigation, specifies the parquet floor.

An investigation in flagrance for intentional homicide by spouse and kidnapping of a minor is opened. The kidnapping alert plan was triggered Wednesday, around 11 p.m., to find the girl and her father. The alert was lifted around 11:30 a.m. Thursday.