Updated: 06/02/2021
Several hundred people took part in a march in Orschwihr, in Haut-Rhin, in memory of Estelle Luce, who was murdered in the eastern Alsace region last week.
Police are investigating whether she was a victim of Gabriel Fortin, an unemployed engineer suspected of gunning down two other women in southeastern France. He has been charged with double murder.
Fortin is alleged to have shot dead an employee at a government centre and then killed another woman on the premises of a company where he worked until 2010.
Prosecutor Alex Perrin said the killings were totally premeditated by the 45-year-old, who was not known to the police or intelligence services.
France s HR killer arrested and charged with murder
Gabriel Fortin charged with murder after allegedly shooting dead several human resources workers
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A French man suspected of shooting and killing several human resources workers has been charged with murder and jailed, a public prosecutor in the southeastern city of Valence said on Saturday.
Gabriel Fortin was brought before an investigating judge and charged with murder, prosecutor Alex Perrin told AFP, adding that the suspect had been jailed and had refused to talk to investigators in the two days he had been in custody.
Jobless man charged with murdering two women in France
Fortin was caught the same day as the double killings at the wheel of his car in which police a second hand gun and ammunition were found.
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LYON: An unemployed engineer suspected of gunning down a job centre employee and a human resources director, both women, in southeastern France, has been charged with double murder and placed in custody, the prosecutor said Saturday.
Gabriel Fortin is alleged to have shot dead an employee at a government centre and then killed another woman on the premises of a company where he worked until 2010.