Kosovar who committed suicide in France is from Mitrovica, lawyer, embassy give details

Asked who might be responsible for his death and if an individual has been suspended in the case, the lawyer told Express that investigations are already under way by French authorities.

On the other hand, he said he has no information on whether any family members of the deceased from Kosovo have launched procedures for the return of the lifeless body to Kosovo.

The Kosovo Embassy in France has also suggested that the victim is from Mitrovica, suggesting French authorities are investigating the case.

We inform you that from our communications with the French authorities, we have reportedly referred to the citizen of the Republic of Kosovo, F.U. from Mitrovica, who committed suicide in one of the cells of a court in Bordo on December 15th, 2021. The case in question is being investigated by local authorities”, said the embassy's response.

The embassy suggests that the deceased has been living in France since 2008 and has lived alone.

The deceased “, according to information from family members, has been living in France since 2008 and has lived only”, says further in the embassy's response.

The embassy said it is in contact with the victim's relatives and is conveying the case.

The Kosovo Republic's “Embassy is following the case and is in constant contact with local authorities and with relatives of victim”.

What is known about the death of 41-year-old in France's cell?

On December 13th, Kosovo had refused to board a plane to return to Kosovo through Amsterdam.

According to media reports there, Kosovar pleaded with his jacket hood binding. The police, then the firemen, could do nothing to save him.

His lawyer said the victim had gone to France about 15 years ago, fleeing the conflict. According to the prosecution's file, which is conducting the investigation, Kosovo had traumatic past, linked to the killing of 15 members of its family.

“He arrived in France about 15 years ago, fleeing interethnic conflicts and an unstable political situation”, his lawyer said, given the file he was communicating with. “He had a painful traumatic past related to the same day of his 15 family members. He left his country with his brother, who would live in Alsace. He no longer has a family, no one there. ”

His lawyer is still in shock. She was appointed according to official duty just hours before his client's death. He described his client as the strong “”, <x2imponent”, tense “ ”, damaged “, ”, “that spoke perfectly French”. The late man, according to lawyer “, was not a good guy or an angel”, writes the French newspaper Le Monde.

“He had a dense court past”, the lawyer stressed. About ten sentences are in his criminal record, mainly for theft. For the past four months, he has been in prison for domestic violence against his former partner just committed to the Gradignan” prison, said Abraham Hervé Diompy.

“He was never able to integrate socially”, his lawyer continued.

He was homeless, addicted to alcohol and drugs. He was also being treated in prison. He had a difficult life, especially complicated by his psychiatric fragility”, his lawyer said.