Man who threw stones at homeless people remains in custody in France for the time being

The 32-year-old man suspected of throwing stones at homeless people remains in custody in France for the time being. An investigating judge ruled on Friday that he would remain in custody, the French public prosecutor's office announced on Saturday.

The man from Cameroon was arrested in Toulon at the beginning of the week. He is suspected of beating a homeless Moldovan man to death with a heavy stone in Lyon and of several attempted murders of a similar nature in Rotterdam, Évry, Strasbourg, and Dijon.

, a sleeping man at the Maritime Museum in Rotterdam was hit on the head by a paving stone. He fell into a coma. The perpetrator was captured on camera during that action.

Earlier this month, a sleeping homeless man in Rotterdam was hit on the head with a paving stone. ​​The incident happened at the Maritime Museum on the Leuvehaven. Security camera footage shows the homeless man finding a place to sleep. After a while, the suspect walks up. He seemed to check if the 37-year-old victim was asleep, left, and returned shortly afterward with a large, heavy stone. He threw it onto the homeless man’s head and then ran away.

The judiciary investigates the suspect's involvement in various cases. In any case, DNA tests have already shown a connection with the case in Évry near Paris. There, in October, a homeless man in his 50s was found with head injuries near the station square.