British woman found beaten to death with 'five deep wounds' in French village
A woman from Britain was beaten to death with a blunt object before her body was discovered at her home in France, prosecutors have said. A murder investigation has been launched after the 65-year-old was found by her friend in Tremolat, a village in the French Dordogne region, on Tuesday evening. As reported by the Mirror , when she was found next to her car she appeared to have suffered five wounds seemingly caused by a blunt object. According to state prosecutor Sylvie Martins Guedes, the woman had lived in her Dordogne apartment for several years before her death. Ms Guedes said in a statement this evening her wounds "indicated a particularly violent attack", which suggested the perpetrator had "an intention to kill". She said: "Her wounds indicated a particularly violent attack and their locations showed an intention to kill. "Investigations are underway to identify and detain the perpetrator of this crime." The Bergerac prosecutor's office further added the woman was a mum of four, and was sounded in her chest, arm, groin and leg. French national outlet Francebleu reported a "large trace of blood" was visible in front of her home, which the outlet said "testifies to the violence of the blows inflicted on this woman". The prosecutor added the woman was a member of the women's over-50 Reines du Foot team, which had participated in the South African Grandma's World Cup earlier this month. A neighbour who lives across from the woman's home said they saw "a lot of flashing lights" after 11pm when emergency services arrived. They said: "I closed the shutters around 9pm, everything was calm. But at 11pm, I saw a lot of flashing lights with the emergency services. " The police then rang my doorbell around midnight to see if I had noticed anything suspicious, but I didn't see or hear anything."
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