Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Calling Inspector Clousseau



(UK Daily Mail)A Belgian mayor has been found dead in a cemetery with his throat slit open.
The body of Alfred Gadenne, 71, Mayor of Mouscron, was discovered by his wife on Monday evening at Luingne Cemetery, where he was caretaker . 
He had been out to close the site for the night when he was murdered.
Mr Gadenne was the conservative mayor of Mouscron, an industrial town of 57,000 just across the border from the northern French city of Lille 
His death has shocked the country, with the prime minister expressing 'horror' at the death of the retired national lawmaker.

Local news service SudInfo, citing unnamed sources, said a suspect had handed himself in to police and that the motive was unclear.
Unclear. Of course. How perspicacious.
Because why would someone kill an elderly European conservative official by slitting their throat...?
No reason I can think of... 





8 comments:

Aaron Swenson said...

In other news, Red Mama Merkel secures another term as Supreme Comrade of the EU...

Aaron Swenson said...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-12/boring-beats-populism-as-german-voters-poised-to-reelect-merkel

George True said...

The suspect handed himself in to the popo? WTF?? That does not seem normal for a follower of the Moon God. Methinks there is another part to this story, in addition to the authorities being in perpetual bafflement as to the possible motive.

Shrimp said...

It appears a young man (18 years old, to be exact) has turned himself in. His motive is claimed to be revenge for the death of his father, a former council employee who lost his job and committed suicide in 2015.

There may yet be more to this story...

Aesop said...

And if he were native Flemish or Walloon caucasian, I suspect his name and photograph would be front page news.

So the reason it isn't is because...?

Shrimp said...

Oh, it definitely adds up. Box cutter used as the murder weapon, throat was cut (like slaughtering an animal, for instance), he called the police and reported he'd done it and why, and then waited for the police (honor killing, no need to run or hide). No picture, no name reported. Gee, I wonder....

Shrimp said...

It appears to be a white male, native to the area. Nathan Duponcheel. Young, dumb and angry.

Aesop said...

I'm amazed.