Police used the footage and images from the perpetrator’s Facebook account in the live stream to track down the man, who is based in a rural area of the Britanny region in northwestern France.Dado Ruvic / Reuters
Police used the footage and images from the perpetrator’s Facebook account in the live stream to track down the man, who is based in a rural area of the Britanny region in northwestern France.Dado RuvShow more

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French officers foil the murder of a man broadcast live on Facebook

The social media site alerted authorities on Saturday, when the incident took place

Jack Dutton

August 08, 2019

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