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| Briton arrested in Nimes murder probe | Briton arrested in Nimes murder probe |
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| A British man has been arrested in the French town of Nimes in connection with the murder of a woman jogger. | A British man has been arrested in the French town of Nimes in connection with the murder of a woman jogger. |
| The man, who has not been named, is 32 and from Chatham in Kent, according to the AFP news agency. | The man, who has not been named, is 32 and from Chatham in Kent, according to the AFP news agency. |
| He is being questioned in connection with the murder of a mother of three whose body was found on Thursday in scrubland on the outskirts of Nimes. | He is being questioned in connection with the murder of a mother of three whose body was found on Thursday in scrubland on the outskirts of Nimes. |
| The man lived with his mother in a neighbourhood of Nimes. Police searched the home on Tuesday morning. | The man lived with his mother in a neighbourhood of Nimes. Police searched the home on Tuesday morning. |
| 'Partially clothed' | |
| The BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris said: "The people in Nimes have been urged to be extremely vigilant since the weekend given the nature of the crime. | |
| "She [the victim] was a mother of three children, she was out jogging on the outskirts of Nimes in southern France and was found late on Thursday, dumped in a thicket near a local cemetery. | |
| "She was partially clothed and had obviously been sexually assaulted. The post-mortem showed that she had been stabbed several times. Two rocks were also found, which her attacker may have beaten her with as well." | |
| He added: "They arrested a man last night, it has been national headlines here. They have 48 hours to question this man but at the moment we don't know his identity." | |
| The semi-clothed body of the woman was found after her children's school alerted her partner that she had failed to pick them up, AFP reported. | The semi-clothed body of the woman was found after her children's school alerted her partner that she had failed to pick them up, AFP reported. |
| A box cutter-style knife and two blood-stained stones found nearby are thought to have been the murder weapons. | A box cutter-style knife and two blood-stained stones found nearby are thought to have been the murder weapons. |
| Tunisian heritage | |
| Laure Beccuau, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation, said the woman had suffered multiple stab wounds and other injuries. | Laure Beccuau, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation, said the woman had suffered multiple stab wounds and other injuries. |
| The victim, a housewife of Tunisian heritage, had three children, aged three, six and nine. | The victim, a housewife of Tunisian heritage, had three children, aged three, six and nine. |
| A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We are aware of the arrest of a British national in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in Nimes. | A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We are aware of the arrest of a British national in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in Nimes. |
| "Consular officials are liaising with police dealing with the case and stand ready to offer consular assistance." | "Consular officials are liaising with police dealing with the case and stand ready to offer consular assistance." |
| "A British man has been arrested. The matter is now being handled by police in Montpellier," a local police spokesman said. |