The large sky-blue family in mourning. “Captain Nadia”, in charge of regional communication for the gendarmerie, who set herself on fire on Wednesday in Montpellier, died, announced the prefecture of Hérault Thursday.
“I would like to express my sadness at this terrible tragedy which touches us infinitely. Thoughts for his family and the gendarmerie who are in mourning today, ”wrote the prefect Hugues Moutouh. “She was for many years our Communication Officer in the Auvergne Rhône Alpes Gendarmerie Region. Yesterday she left us. We mourn his absence. Rest in peace Captain”, reacted the Rhône gendarmerie on Facebook.
On leave for depression
A woman in her forties set herself on fire in her vehicle on Wednesday in Montpellier, police told 20 minutes earlier this Thursday. The victim doused himself with gasoline while driving his vehicle, parked in a parking lot in Celleneuve, a district of the Hérault prefecture.
She came out transformed into a living torch, according to the same source. Witnesses had intervened to try to save her. She had been transported to the severe burns department of the Montpellier University Hospital with vital prognosis. She had apparently been off work for depression for several months. The investigation was entrusted to the Montpellier public security police.