Switzerland, 4 French Found Dead On The Street In Montreux. Police: "You Jumped From A Balcony." A Child Was Among The Victims

Four people were found dead downtown this morning MontreuxSwiss town on the shore of the lake Geneva. A fifth person was hospitalized in serious condition. According to a police spokesman quoted by the KeystoneATS news agency, they would thrown into the void from an apartment on the seventh floor of a building near the casino in the city center for reasons yet to be determined. The agents were warned by passersby. An investigation has been opened.

According to the first reconstruction, it is a French family: husband and wife aged 40 and 41, the wife’s twin and 8yearold daughter died. The couple’s other 15yearold son is hospitalized. According to the police, two gendarmes had presented themselves at the door of the apartment where the family lived shortly before the drama to perform one mandate about the father and related to home lessons one of the children. After identification, the gendarmes stopped hearing the noise and left. In the meantime, a call from a witness who had sounded the alarm had arrived at the station. The presence of other people in the apartment was excluded.

Pictured above: a street in the center of Montreux

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