Lyon prosecutor Thierry Dran said on Tuesday that four suspects had been arrested, and shortly afterwards that five others had been taken into custody, making a total of nine

The mother and son were brutally murdered, and their bodies were handed over to the heirs for burial.

Court refers to ‘slow investigation’, MLA agreement with Kenya.

“She would take me to people who practice black magic,” he alleged, adding that she had taken him to one such individual on Tuesday night as well, and then he murdered her.

The police subsequently apprehended the wife of the victim and their two sons.

The police arrested a suspect and recovered a knife allegedly used in the murder.