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05 bodies found in apartment near Paris

Paris, December 26, 2023, The Europe Today: 05 dead bodies were found on Christmas Day in an apartment near Paris, French prosecutors said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred in the town of Meaux, some 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) east of the center of Paris, in the northern Ile-de-France region.

The news website Actu17 reported that the victims were a woman and her four young children.

It said that police were searching for the 33-year-old father who was “on the run.” He was already known to the police and was the primary suspect in the case.

The bodies were found at around 9 p.m. local time (2000 UTC) on Monday, according to Actu17.

Police did not initially provide details on the cause of death or the ages of the five victims.