PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A Frenchman living in the Cambodian capital has been shot
and killed in what police suspect was a botched robbery or a crime of
passion.
Police say 43-year-old Franck Mathieu was shot early Tuesday
while riding his motorcycle in Phnom Penh. He later died in
hospital.
District police chief Houth Chan Yaran says police are
searching for three suspected attackers and investigating Mathieu's Cambodian
girlfriend.
The website for Cambodia's Deum Ampil newspaper quoted Mathieu's 20-year-old
girlfriend as saying they had lived together several months. She said she
discovered his body in the street as she returned home from a market.
A
witness told the website he saw three attackers attempt to rob Mathieu. One of
them shot Mathieu who refused to hand over what appeared to be a mobile
phone.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Frenchman shot and killed in Cambodia
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