A French tourist is suspected of killing his 9 and 13-year-old children before attempting to commit suicide in a hotel room in Marrakech.
Moroccan police opened an investigation on Monday, November 28, after the French tourist suspected of killing his two young children attempted suicide, according to the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN).
The investigation, under the supervision of the prosecutor’s office, aims to “elucidate the causes and circumstances of a suicide attempt by a 72-year-old French tourist, suspected of having committed a premeditated homicide by injecting his two minor children with a suspicious substance,” the DGSN said in a statement.
The bodies of the two minors of French nationality were discovered inside a hotel room in a tourist area of Marrakech.
Their father, a retired nurse, was found near them in a comatose state.
According to the initial intel from of the investigation, the bodies of the two victims did not bear any traces of violence or resistance, according to AFP.
An autopsy is currently underway for both children’s bodies and will determine further details on the case, namely the injection in question.
There were no signs of violence on the father’s body either. He was transferred to a local hospital, where he is being treated in an intensive care unit.
The police found a handwritten letter at the scene in which the motives of the crime are explained, said the same police source, apparently family related.
Authorities also recovered used medical syringes. The ex-wife of the pensioner was interviewed by the Moroccan judicial police as part of the investigation.
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