Charlie Hebdo: First Photo Of Top Cop Helric Fredou Who Killed Himself After Massacre
This is the first picture of the senior
French police officer who killed himself hours after being assigned to investigate the Charlie Hebdo magazine massacre.
Commissioner Helric Fredou, 45, shot himself in his police office in Limoges last Wednesday night, France 3 reported.
His body was found by a colleague at 1am on Thursday, hours after the terror attack at the satirical magazine’s office which left 12 people dead.
It has been reported that shortly before committing suicide Commissioner Fredou had met with the family of one of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack massacre.
He was 45 years old, single and had no children – began his career as a police officer in 1997, working in
Versailles.
He eventually returned to his home town of Limoges and in 2012 became deputy director of the regional police service.
French media reports suggest he was depressed and was suffering from burnout.
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