They arrest the alleged murderer of a French tourist in Havana

A French tourist, about 60 years old, was murdered early Thursday morning in a building on the corner of Industria and Virtudes, in the municipalityHavana Center, as revealed14 intervene citing as a source the testimony of a local resident.

The report indicates that the victim - whose identity was not specified - had gone up to a tourist rental apartment in the company of two drugged girls, who gagged and suffocated him with the alleged intention of robbing him.

The age of the murderers would range between 18 and 25 years.

The Police intercepted and arrested one of the young women at the La Coubre bus terminal, when he tried to escape to the east of the country. It is unknown if the other has been located.

According to the testimony of the aforementioned neighbor, the Frenchman used to take young people to the apartment - located on the fourth floor of the property - every night.

The body was discovered on Thursday morning and the area was immediately filled with patrols.

At the moment neither official sources on social networks nor the French Embassy in Havana have commented on the incident, which adds to the prevailing wave of violence that is plaguing Cuban society.

In March of this year theThe body of a German tourist was found inside an apartment in El Vedado, in Havana, as reported then by the independent media Cubanet who, also citing neighbors in the area as a source, assured that he had been murdered.

In that case, the discovery took place on March 7 in a building located on central O Street on the corner of Humboldt, after neighbors complained about the bad smell coming from an apartment on the fourth floor of the building.

The victim, who had rented the place, would have died at least four days before his body was found, according to experts. In that case, official media did not confirm the violent death either.

In November 2020 Antoinette Traboulsi, a 52-year-old Canadian tourist and mother of three,She was murdered in Varadero while she was on vacation. The body was buried a meter deep in the sand with signs of violence.

Sami Soussa, the victim's cousin, told CTV News that Traboulsi's body was found by Cuban police after her disappearance was reported by a friend the day after her arrival on the island. The murdered woman was a nurse who He resided in Montreal, in the province of Quebec.